Bread Upma Recipe (Bread Poha)
Bread upma is a South Indian upma variety made with bread, spices and herbs. This spicy bread upma is a quick way to use up your left over bread. It can be had for a breakfast or snack.
© Swasthi's Recipes
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 slices bread (any bread)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon urad dal (skip if you don't have)
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ¾ teaspoon ginger paste or grated or fine chopped
- 1 green chili slit or chopped
- 8 to 10 cashew nuts split or 2 tbsps peanuts
- ¼ cup onions chopped finely (1 medium)
- ½ cup ripe tomatoes chopped finely (1 large) (adjust as needed)
- salt (use only as needed)
- ⅛ teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder (adjust to taste, less spicy variety)
- ½ teaspoon sugar (skip if using milk bread)
- 3 to 4 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves chopped finely
- Lemon juice to serve (optional)
Instructions
Preparation
- Heat a pan and toast the bread until crisp on both the sides. Cool completely. Cut them to small cubes and set aside.
- Pour oil to the same pan and on a medium heat fry cashews or peanuts until golden, crunchy and aromatic. Set these aside with bread.
- Add mustard seeds and urad dal (optional). Saute till urad dal turns lightly golden.
- Next add green chilies and curry leaves. Saute until the leaves turn crisp.
- Sprinkle hing. Add onions and saute until they turn golden. Saute the ginger paste as well for 30 seconds.
- Next add tomatoes, salt and turmeric. Note that your bread is salted so add only as required, start with ¼ teaspoon. Saute until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
- Then add chili powder and sugar. Saute for 1 to 2 mins until the raw smell goes off.
- Pour 3 to 4 tablespoons water and mix.
How to Make Bread Upma
- Cook until the mixture turns thick. Taste test and adjust salt if required.
- Add bread cubes and cashews. Mix gently to coat the bread with the onion tomato masala.
- Sprinkle coriander leaves.
- Serve bread upma hot. Sprinkle some lemon juice.
Video
Watch Bread Upma Video
Nutrition
Calories: 433kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 651mg | Potassium: 599mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1305IU | Vitamin C: 79mg | Calcium: 161mg | Iron: 5.9mg
