Bread Upma

Prep Time: 5min
Cook Time: 10min
Total Time: 15min
Yield 2 Servings

Ingredients

4 Bread Slices
1 Small Sized Tomato, finely chopped
1 Tblspn Lemon Juice
1 Tspn Red Chilli Powder
1/8 Tspn Turmeric Powder
1 Medium Sized Onion, finely chopped
1/4 Tspn Gingergarlic Paste
Salt to Taste
1/2 Tspn Cumin(Jeera) Seeds
1/2 Tspn Mustard(Avaalu) Seeds
Few Curry Leaves (Karivepaku)
1 Tblspn Cilantro Leaves (Kothmir)
1 Tblspn Cashewnuts
1 Tblspn Water
1 Tblspn Oil

Directions

• Cut bread slices into small pieces & keep aside.

• Heat oil in a kadai or wide pan on a medium flame; add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves & let them splutter. Now add chopped onion, cashew nuts & saute for another 2 minutes or until onions turn translucent.

• Add gingergarlic paste, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder & saute for a minute

• Now add water, lemon juice, chopped tomatoes & mix. Saute for a minute.

• Now add bread pieces & mix everything well with a spoon (if bread upma appears dry you can sprinkle little water over bread pieces). 

• Cover with a lid & cook for 1-2 minutes. Turn off the flame.
• Garnish bread upma with cilantro leaves & serve.

Note: Instead of bread pieces you can also toast the bread until golden brown on both sides & grind into a fine powder.