Bread Upma

Ingredients:

• Bread – 7 or 8 slices
• Chopped onions - 3/4th cup
• Tomato - 1
• Red Chilly powder – 3/4th tsp (adjust according to spice level)
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Butter milk - 1 cup
• Green Chilly - 2
• Minced ginger & garlic - 1 tsp (or) 1 tbsp of paste
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Salt to taste

Method of Preparation:

• Cut the bread slices into 6 pieces each or according to your preference.
• Take butter milk in a wide vessel. If you don’t have butter milk, take 1/2 cup of curd and mix it with 1/2 cup of water.
• Add chilli powder and turmeric powder to the butter milk and mix it well.
• Each and every piece has to be soaked, use a wide container. Let soak the bread in it for 5 or less than 5 minutes. Make sure that the bread slices should not be smashed.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard & cumin seeds, add minced ginger & garlic followed by onions. Let them fry till onions get cooked.
• Now add the chopped tomatoes, green chilies and salt. Stir well. Let the tomatoes get cooked. Add butter to it and mix them well.
• Add the soaked bread and keep on tossing. Bread should get toasted and combined well.
• Once it is done, remove from heat and garnish with coriander leaves.