Bread Upma

Finally, I have come out with a post on my a topic closest to me– food! Will try to post simple but workable recipes regularly.

Note: All recipes posted on this blog have been tried out by the author! Full QC passed, all ok, I say!

Bread Upma!

Got bored of eating plain old bread? Here's a simple recipe that makes for a good breakfast as well. You can also use bread that has become a bit hard. The ingredients are basic spices that are available in most households.

Ingredients

Half loaf of bread per person [preparation with white bread is slightly tastier than brown bread :)]

1 onion

Couple of tablespoons of oil or ghee

Half tea spoon of sugar

Half tea spoon of salt - as per requirement

1 spoon of mustard seeds

1 spoon of Jeera [cumin seeds]

A bit if turmeric powder [optional]

1 spoon of ginger paste or a small piece of ginger

A couple of finely chopped green chillies

curry leaves as per preference

coriander as per preference

Procedure

* Cut the bread slices into small pieces [around 9 pieces to a slice]
* Sprinkle water on the bread pieces and place it in a covered vessel for 15 mins
* Dice one onion
* Pour the oil into a pan and wait till it gets heated up
* Put in the mustard seeds and wait till they splutter
* Now add the cumin seeds, onion, turmeric, ginger, green chilies, curry leaves, sugar and salt
* Keep stirring till the onion becomes golden brown
* Now add the soft bread pieces from the vessel into this pan and mix well. The bread pieces tends to break and shrink in size, not to worry. :)
* You can sprinkle more water when you are stirring the mixture if you would like the bread softer
* Once you feel the bread is evenly coated, garnish with coriander and serve! Some Heinz sauce goes well with this.

Bon Appétit!

Experiments - you can experiment by adding more veggies - 1 small potato, tomato, carrot, Green peas, etc. Adding hing[asafetida], Soaking bread in buttermilk instead of water, adding leftover pieces of chapattis…ok, that is taking it too far :)

If you do try it, let me know how it comes out!