Bread Umpa

Hello people. Sorry I haven't been posting that often. Viral fever has got me down. I am just resting and eating very humble food which do not have much spice or oil. The good for health, bad for tongue diet.

We brought bread, the whole wheat one, few weeks back before our vacation and since it was nearing expiry and more than half a loaf was remaining, I used it to make bread upma. It uses little more oil than normal upma, however if you sprinkle a bit of water, you can adjust with same amount of oil.

This was fun food at my home while growing up, since bread was almost the thing you buy when you were sick or have loose stools, lol. You can also make it with normal white bread. At our house, we have banned some of the maida or all purpose flour stuff that we consume. Just a small effort towards healthy eating.

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

• 12-14 slices of bread. Each bread cut into 9 pieces
• 1 onion chopped lengthwise
• 2 green chilies chopped finely
• 1 string of curry leaves
• 3-4 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp chana dal or split bengal gram
• 1 tsp urad dal or black gram
• A pinch of hing or asafetida
• A pinch of turmeric powder
• 1-2 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• Salt as needed

Method:

• In a sauce pan, heat oil. Once hot add mustard seeds and let it crackle.
• To this add hing and fry for 2 secs, then add chana dal and urad dal and fry till golden brown.
• Now add in onion, curry leaves, green chilies, ginger, garlic and turmeric powder and fry until onions turn translucent
• To this add bread pieces and fry for 5 mins.
• Add lime juice and sprinkle some water and again fry for 5 minutes.
• Add salt and check for taste.
• Finally switch off the stove and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.