Bread upma

Bread upma is a 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.

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Prep Time5 minutes

Cook Time10 minutes

Total Time15 minutes

Servings1

AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )

2 to 3 slices bread (prefer brown bread)
1 tbsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dal (skip if you don't have)
1 sprig curry leaves
¾ tsp ginger paste or grated
1 green chili slit or chopped
8 to 10 cashew nuts split or peanuts
¼ cup onions chopped finely (1 medium)
½ cup ripe tomatoes chopped finely (1 large) (adjust as needed)
Salt as needed
2 pinches turmeric or haldi
½ tsp chili powder (less spicy variety)
½ tsp sugar (skip if using milk bread)
3 to 4 tbsp water
2 tbsp coriander leaves chopped finely
Lemon juice to serve (optional)

How to make the recipe

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 fry cashews or peanuts until golden. Set these aside with bread.
Add mustard and urad dal. 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.
Next add tomatoes, salt and turmeric. Saute until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
Then add chili powder and sugar. Saute for 2 mins until the raw smell goes off.
Pour 3 to 4 tbsp water and mix.

How to make bread upma

Cook until the mixture turns thick. Check spice and salt. Add more if needed.
Add bread cubes and cashews. Mix to coat the spice mixture to bread.
Sprinkle coriander leaves.
Serve bread upma hot. Sprinkle some lemon juice if desired.

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