Bread Seeyali

Ingredients

• • Bread - 1 loaf
• • Onions - 4
• • Ginger-garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
• • Tomato - ¼ kg
• • Green chillies - 4
• • Sambar powder - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Powder salt - 2 teaspoons
• • Oil - 6 tablespoons

Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 2 teaspoons
• • Cashew nuts (broken) - 1 tablespoon
• • Coriander (cut, for garnishing) - 1 tablespoon
• • Curry leaves (for garnishing) - 1 tablespoon

Method

• 1. Cut bread into 1 inch square pieces.
• 2. Slice onions, chillies lengthwise and tomatoes finely.
• 3. Heat oil, add seasonings and then ginger-garlic paste.
• 4. Continue frying with chillies, onion and then tomatoes.
• 5. Fry till moisture is absorbed.
• 6. Sprinkle salt, little sugar and sambar powder.
• 7. Mix well and add bread pieces.
• 8. Stir till upma becomes hot and everything is mixed well.
• 9. Add garnishings and serve hot.

Variations

• • Thick tamarind extract can be added along with tomatoes with little jaggery for taste.
• • Add three Tablespoons of roasted groundnut powder in the above recipe, after tomatoes are fried.
• • Omit sambar powder.
• • Add more green chillies.