Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Bread Upma - Our Weekend Breakfast


People who read me regularly might notice that I post more of Breakfast and lunch items than anything else. It has nothing to do with my special love for them or anything. I have been planning (nothing more!) to bake some stuff and make some snacks and indulge in some home made pickle for a long time now. But time just flies.


Weekend mornings start with a nice Breakfast followed by an elaborate lunch. After licking our plates clean and letting out that satisfied burp, there is nothing more we want to do! So that explains why I come back here and talk about weekend breakfasts and lunches all the time:)

Bread Upma is one such weekend favourite which can be prepared quickly with ingredients on hand. Some left over bread slices and a few veggies tossed in some spices and there you go with a filling breakfast.



Ingredients:

6 large slices of bread cut into pieces (along with the crust)
1 onion chopped finely
1 tomato chopped finely
1 carrot grated
2 green chillies slit lengthwise
1 inch piece of ginger grated
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp garam masala powder (adjust according to taste)
Salt to taste

Seasoning:

1/2 tbsp Oil/butter
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Jeera/cumin seeds
1/2 tsp urad dal
a handful of groundnuts
few curry leaves

Recipe:

Heat Oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When mustard begins to splutter add the groundnuts and urad dal and fry till the urad dal becomes slightly brown (about 2 mins).

Now add the curry leaves, onion, green chillies and ginger. Saute till onion turns golden brown. Add the chopped tomatoes and continue sauteeing till they turn pulpy. Add the grated carrot, turmeric powder and garam masala powder. Mix well, cover the lid of the pan and let it cook for a while. (about 2 mins)

Now add the bread crumbs and salt, mix well so that all the bread pieces are covered with the spices. Continue stirring till the bread crumbs are toasted and become crispy. (about 5 mins).

Serve immediately along with some ketchup (optional).

Serves: 2
Time Required: 20 mins


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15 comments:

Asha said...

Beautiful! Love it for brunch or even lunch. Photo is gorgeous. Since everybody at home is out of the door before 7am, I have stopped making breakfast, just cereals and toast at the most. Lovely dish, must try this sometime.

Rohini said...

Mmmm.... Tasty upma and it is a perfect breakfast item! Lovely click!

Poornima Nair said...

We love this upma, Manoj wouldn't mind eating it everyday. Urs looks fabulous...so tempting!

Sushma Mallya said...

Beautiful Pic and recipe...i havent tried this so far,seems really a nice one to try for sure...

Nithya said...

Bread upma looks fantastic...yummy :) awesome clicks.

Priya said...

Delicious bread upma K...i do the same often whenever i feel bored to cook..

Prathibha said...

Lovely bread upma dear....perfect brkfast on weekend..it seen ages I made this..

Sumi said...

never tried Bread Uppuma, Looks like I should try it soon...

Rachel said...

Always wanted to make this...It looks very delicious.

ARUNA said...

Wow never tried upma with bread, looks great!

Pavithra said...

Looks so so delicious... I love it too. Wonderful quick meal.Nice click dear.

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Pavithra Kodical said...

Hi K..How are you doing girl? I tried bread upma yesterday and it came out perfect...Thanks for the recipe :) Waiting for you post..

Christine said...

Oh wow! Looks delicious! I didn't know you can do that to bread. If you wont mind I'd love to guide Foodista readers to your post. Just add the foodista widget to the end of this post so it will appear in the Foodista pages and it's all set, Thanks!

Gayu.Kitchen said...

Love the colors of the bread Upma.. Nice space!!

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