Bread Upma Recipe With Leftover Bread | Upma Made With Bread
Bread Upma Recipe Easy
Bread Upma Recipe has deliciously toasted bread cubes tossed in an onion-tomato-spices mixture. A simple and easy upma recipe, Bread Masala Upma with vegetables works well as a breakfast dish or as a yummy snack.
Bread Upma Recipe Easy
If you have some extra bread stocked up in your kitchen, put together this Bread Vegetable Upma recipe in a snap. This is a great way of using up left over bread; besides, this bread uppittu breakfast recipe is a healthier option too!
Bread Poha with vegetables is a truly healthy and effortless bread recipe that doubles up as a nutritious and filling breakfast dish or as a wholesome evening snack. Kids will love this Upma with colourful vegetables in their lunch box.
The choice of bread is left up to you – pick from white bread, brown bread, whole wheat bread, multi grain bread, freshly baked homemade bread or leftover bread slices.
Bread Upma Recipe:
Upma is a yummy South Indian recipe usually prepared with Rava (suji/ semolina). For a variety of upma recipes check out Gothambu Upma and Idli Upma recipe.
To make healthy Bread Upma at home, firstly cut bread into small pieces cubes (about nine equal pieces).
Bread cubes
Now, heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan and lightly brown the bread cubes on a low-medium flame. Remove and keep them aside.
Toast bread cubes
Heat 1 ½ tbsp. oil in the same pan. Now, fry peanuts and remove.
Fry peanuts
Next, splutter mustard and cumin seeds. Then, add freshly picked curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida. Sauté on a medium flame.
Now, put on the chopped onions and green chilli. Sauté till the onions start to sweat.
Bread Upma tempering
Add the chopped tomatoes. Sauté for 1-2 minutes till they start to soften.
Saute tomato
Now tip in the green peas, mix well and cook covered for 1-2 minutes.
Add green peas
Remove lid and sprinkle salt and turmeric. Mix this onion-tomato-spices mixture.
Sprinkle spices
Now, add the toasted bread cubes and toss quickly. Also drizzle some lemon juice and mix the bread masala upma well.
Add toasted bread cubes
Finally, top with roasted peanuts, garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Bread upma preparation
Serve South Indian Style Bread Upma hot for breakfast or as a tea time snack.
Bread Upma Recipe is a quick and easy breakfast dish. Enjoy instant healthy South Indian Upma made with bread. This Indian bread recipe can be prepared with fresh bread or left over bread. Bread ka upma recipe is a simple, delicious and totally hassle-free preparation.
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine South Indian
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 3
Calories 254kcal
Author Shil
Ingredients
Bread – 5 slices
Onion – 1 large,chopped
Tomato – 2 medium,chopped
Green chilli – 1,finely chopped
Green peas – 1/8 cup
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp,chopped
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Raw peanuts – 1 tbsp
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
Asafoetida – 1/8 tsp
Turmeric – 1/8 tsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice – 1/8 tsp
Oil – 1 ½ tbsp
Instructions
For this upma with bread recipe, cut the bread slices into small cubes. Heat some ghee in a kadai and lightly toast the bread to a warm golden brown. Keep aside.
Heat oil in the same kadai. Fry the raw peanuts and keep aside.
Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When they start to crackle, add a pinch of hing, curry leaves, onions and green chilli. Sauté till the onion turns translucent.
Add tomatoes and sauté for two minutes.
Add the peas, mix well, cover and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Add the spices – turmeric and salt.
Toss in the bread cubes and gently sauté till well coated with all the masalas. Add a dash of lemon juice, give the bread tomato upma a quick stir.
Garnish with coriander leaves and toasted peanuts.
Serve Bread Upma hot with some tangy tomato ketchup.
Notes
You can add 1 tsp of finely chopped ginger, grated carrot, finely chopped capsicum, tofu or paneer, grated coconut, etc., to this bread upma recipe.
If the bread is a couple of days old and the crust is hard, trim the edges and add 1-2 tbsp of water or beaten curd while tossing with the onion-tomato-spices mixture to soften it.
You can spice up this bread upma recipe with just a hint of Kashmiri chilli powder, Sambhar powder or Pavbhaji Masala powder.
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