Bread Upma

Here is an interesting snack that one can make with some leftover bread. Its not necessary that the bread that you use be leftover :) So here's an upma without sooji.

Ingredients

6-8 Slices of bread
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp tomato puree
1/2 medium firm tomato diced
2 tbsp Oil
1 medium onion diced
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp paprika powder (or kashmiri mirch)
Red chilli powder to taste
Green chillies to taste
Salt to taste
Few Coriander leaves for garnishing


Preparation

All cooking for this recipe needs to be done on a high flame

[1] Slightly wet the bread slices under tap water and tear them apart as shown below.


[2] Dice Onions and Tomato.


[3] Heat oil in a wok and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds tend to crackle, add the diced onions and saute till onions turn brown.

[4] Now add the turmeric powder the tomato puree. Mix well.

[5] Add the wet torn bread slices, sprinkle chilli powder, salt and paprika powder and mix well.

[6] Cover this with the pan cover for 20 seconds. Remove cover. Mix well and again cover for 20 seconds.

[7] Uncover and add green chillies & diced tomatoes. Mix well and let it roast for 20 seconds.

[8] Remove from flame and garnish with coriander leaves.



[9] Enjoy bread upma.



Variations

• Leave out the diced tomatoes
• Add jeera (carom) instead of mustard seeds
• Add curry leaves
• Minus the paprika powder if the dish is too red for you
• Use leftover bread sides (if you made some bread rolls or sandwiches) instead of the whole slice.

Gotchas

• Do not wet the bread too much, neither keep the bread completely dry
• Do not cover while cooking for periods more than what is mentioned in the recipe. This would make the bread soggy and sticky
• Do not cover once the diced tomatoes are added as this would cook them and make them mushy.