How To Make Bread Upma
Bread Upma is an instant healthy dish and easy to prepare. It can be served as a breakfast in the morning or as a snack in the evening. The main ingredient used in this recipe is bread, if using fresh bread slices then no need to slice the edges.
Ingredients required:
• Bread slices – 8
• Onion – 1 (finely chopped)
• Tomatoes – 2 (finely chopped)
• Green chilies – 3 tablespoons(finely chopped)
• Ginger – 1 tablespoon (finely chopped)
• Salt as per taste
• Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
• Red chili powder – 1 tablespoon
• Few coriander leaves
• Curry leaves – 2 bunches
• Urad dal – 1 tablespoon
• Bengal gram – 1 tablespoon
• Mustard seeds – ¼ teaspoon
• Cashew nuts – 2 tablespoons
• Butter – 2 tablespoons
• Lemon juice – 2 tablespoons
• Asafetida – 1 pinch
Preparation method:
• Cut the bread slices into medium size pieces and keep aside in a plate.
• Now heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a pan, add ¼ teaspoon of mustard seeds and let them crackle and pop.
• Add a tablespoon of Bengal gram and urad dal into the melted butter.
• Stir and sauté for half a minute till they change their color.
• Now add cashew nuts and fry them.
• Then add curry leaves into the mixture and fry it.
• Now add asafetida into the tampering and mix all the ingredients.
• Now add chopped ginger and green chilies and fry them.
• Add finely chopped onions into the mixture and fry them.
• Cover and sauté until they turn golden color.
• Now add chopped tomatoes, ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder and also add salt as per taste into the onion mixture and stir it well.
• Cover and cook for 2 minutes under low flame.
• Now add red chili powder and mix it well.
• Then add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice (extracted without seeds) and few coriander leaves into the onion – tomato mixture and mix altogether.
• Cover and cook for 2 minutes until tomatoes turn soft.
• Add ½ glass of water into the mixture and stir it once.
• Cover and cook for 2 minutes, until the mixture turns thick.
• Add bread pieces and mix them well with the rest of the mixture.
• Sauté the bread pieces for 4-5 minutes till they become slightly crisp from the edges.
• Now switch off the stove and transfer the bread upma to a serving plate.
Tasty and delicious Bread Upma is ready
Serving suggestion:
Serve bread upma hot with tea as evening snack or as a morning breakfast.
Note:
• You can add vegetables of your choice.
• Add green chilies according to your taste.
Nutrition facts:
• Total fat – 3.6g
• Sodium – 159.2mg
• Potassium – 507.9
• Total carbs – 31.1g
• Dietary fiber – 4.7g
• Sugars – 1.3g
• Protein – 5.7g
• Vitamin A – 17.5%
• Vitamin C – 108.7%
• Vitamin E – 5.9%
• Calcium – 6.3%
• Iron – 24.6%
