Bread Upma Recipe | How to make Bread Upma

Bread Upma recipe | Bread upma recipe with step by step photos | How to make Bread Upma | South Indian style Bread upma

Who doesn’t a love an easy ,super quick and tasty dish and this Bread Upma is one such !! Made in minutes , with basic ingredients from pantry and the end result is super tasty & flavorful !!! Perfect for breakfast / snack / dinner !!! Hardly takes 15 mins to make !!

Here are some more quick dishes that you can try chapathi noodles , oats upma , puffed rice upma , cornflakes bhel etc

About the Recipe

Are you wondering what to do with those few slices of  leftover old bread lying in the kitchen? Today’s post ” Bread Upma ” is an excellent dish to clear off those left over bread slices  . With just a few bread slices and some easily available ingredients from your kitchen pantry, In no time .. an easy tasty and quick dish is ready .

This Upma can be made with or without vegetable as per your choice . Addition of vegetables makes it filling and colorful, you can even pack it for kids lunchbox.

Bread Upma recipe

• Roughly chop bread slices in cubes and keep aside .

• In a pan heat oil . Add Mustard , Urad dal , Channa dal and Peanuts . Splutter . Let ground nuts turn crispy .

• Add few curry leaves , green chillies and finely chopped ginger. Saute for few seconds

• Add chopped onion , saute for 1-2 mins . Let onions are translucent .

• Add tomatoes , tsp salt .Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes . Let the tomatoes turn soft and mushy .

• Once tomatoes are soft ,add capsicum , red chilli powder , haldi , pav bhaji masala , ketchup and butter .Saute 1-2 mins .

• Add 3-4 tbsp water and bring it to a boil . Let the mixture become thick saucy type .

• To the saucy masala , add diced bread slices . Combine gently , let the bread pieces get coated with masala well

• Cover and cook on sim for 3-4 mins . So that bread pieces takes in flavor and also starts becoming little crisp towards edges . Switch off .

• Lastly add coriander leaves and give a mix . You can add lime juice too if you want .

• Enjoy Hot

• If you want you can garnish with fine sev while serving .

Points to Note :

• You can use any bread, wheat bread or sandwich bread … leftover old bread fits perfect as they are not too soft .
• Since i use old dry bread i don’t toast . However if you are using fresh  bread , you can toast it a bit to avoid turning mushy .
• No need to remove edges .
• You can make them with or without veggies . Addition of veggies makes it more colorful and tasty .
• Instead of pav bhaji masala , can add rasam powder / chutney powder / garam masala or any masala But I love adding pav bhaji masala
• Instead of peanuts , can add cashew . Peanut / cashew adds some crunch .
• If you feel your upma is too dry , you can sprinkle a dash of water .