Bread Upma or Curried Masala Bread

Bread Upma or Curried Masala Bread

Bread Upma is one of the most fun ways to make use of left over bread. It is simple and quick and can be made with as limited ingredients in the pantry as possible. Basic ingredients like bread, onion, tomato and garlic are ingredients used for this recipe.

Ingredients:

Left over bread chopped up into even cubes

Onion- 1 Large

Tomato- 1 medium

5-6 cloves of Garlic chopped fine

Fresh Ginger -optional

Green chilies- 2

Salt to taste

Any oil

Spices- a tsp of chili powder, turmeric, curry/ garam masala powder

Cilantro for garnish

Preparation:

Take a pan and place under low-medium flame and add 1 tablespoon of oil. Add cumin seeds and curry leaves and wait till they splutter.

Now add chopped ginger, garlic and onions to the pan.

Add salt to taste with all the spices – chili powder, turmeric and curry powder in it and mix well.

Now toss in chopped tomatoes. Mix well and add another tablespoon of oil. Add 100 ml water and cook by keeping covered till it gets to a soup or broth consistency.

Toss in chopped pieces of bread and mix gently

If you like it soft you only need to cook for another 4-5 minutes, if you like it crispy then you may want to leave it on for another 10 minutes while keeping a watch.

Transfer to a bowl and garnish with cilantro.

Enjoy!

Credits to this video goes to my beautiful daughter Ananya Vikram.

Singapore Noodles aka “COVID” Noodles!

Singapore Noodles aka “COVID” Noodles!

I love indulging in a bowl of Singapore noodles. All the goodness of rice vermicelli, julienned vegetables and optional to add some eggs all immersed in turmeric and curry powder in a wok and stir fried, Yum!

Quick pictorial steps of how I made Singapore noodles:

Julienne veggies -any veggies
Throw rice vermicelli noodles for 90 seconds into boiling water and transfer to a vessel and cover with a towel for 2 minutes.
Eggs is optional – sliced lengthwise
Fluff up noodles and break it up for ease
Saute veggies and egg in a hot wok with sesame oil, veggies and eggs with turmeric and curry powder
Rice Vermicelli mixed in and saute