A quick and easy to make breakfast or snack with fresh or leftover bread, this Bread Upma is a favorite among the little ones too.
You don’t necessarily need stale bread to make this recipe. I usually make it when I take out bread to make bread and eggs for breakfast and then I don’t feel like eating it and sometimes it becomes a quick French toast or this bread upma.
Most of the ingredients are what you will regularly have at hand, so you can just go ahead and make this any morning without having to plan ahead. Also, this tastes so good when all you want is a nice hot and fresh savory breakfast and every sip of that hot cup of chai (or coffee) goes so well with this.
It also keeps you feeling filled and you can throw in any veggies you like to take care of that extra boost for starting the day right.
When I made this, I didn’t have many vegetables on hand, so I used some onions and green peppers. You can add carrots, green peas, corn, red / yellow peppers, zucchini and what not! You can even top it with a fried egg for that extra protein boost.
Method
Cut the bread into about 1 inch cubes and keep aside.
Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds to it. Once they splutter, add the curry leaves and asafetida. Add the red onions, bell peppers, green chillies and turmeric powder. Saute for a few minutes till the onions and peppers are soft. Add the tomatoes and the bread pieces. Add salt and mix well.
Sprinkle about a ¼ cup of water on top, lower the heat to medium low and cover and cook for a couple of minutes, till the bread and the tomatoes soften. Give it another quick mix.
Top with fresh minced cilantro and serve hot.
Note: When you are serving to kids, make sure to remove the green chillies.
📖 Recipe
Bread Upma - Savory Bread Saute | A Quick and Easy Breakfast or Snack
Ingredients
- 6 slices of any bread , I used whole grain bread
- 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
- ½ teaspoon black mustard seeds ( if you totally don’t have it or cant find it anywhere, you can skip this too)
- 5-6 curry leaves , optional
- ½ teaspoon asafetida , optional
- ½ red onion , chopped
- 1 green bell pepper , deseeded and chopped
- 1 roma tomato , chopped
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 Thai green chillies , slit in half ( you can use serranos or jalapenos too)
- salt , to taste
- a little water to sprinkle on top
- minced cilantro , to garnish
Don't forget to check out Step-by-step instructions with photos in the body of the post above
Instructions
- Cut the bread into about 1 inch cubes and keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds to it. Once they splutter, add the curry leaves and asafetida. Add the red onions, bell peppers, green chillies and turmeric powder. Saute for a few minutes till the onions and peppers are soft. Add the tomatoes and the bread pieces. Add salt and mix well.
- Sprinkle about a ¼ cup of water on top, lower the heat to medium low and cover and cook for a couple of minutes, till the bread and the tomatoes soften. Give it another quick mix.
- Top with fresh minced cilantro and serve hot.
Hauke Fox says
Woooww, this looks so decadent! And then with that cup of chai! I could have a second breakfast right now 😀
I'll need to stock up on my spices I just realized too, haha.
Manju says
:):) Thank you!
Mary Ellen | VNutrition says
This looks like such an amazing recipe for breakfast! I've never heard of bread upma before but I need to try it. Love all the spices! I think I have them all but the asafetida.
Manju says
Asafetida lends a nice pungent fragrance to it but you can skip it too, if you want.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I've never tried anything like this. It looks great!
Linda @ Veganosity says
This is new to me. I love the spices in this recipe, and those gold spoons are gorgeous!
Manju says
Thanks!! I lug back a lot of props from India every time I go to visit family. Half my luggage is that! ?
Uma says
I love this, one of favorite breakfast since childhood:)
You tempted me to do this. Yum!
Manju says
Yes! Always a favorite ?