bread upma recipe with step by step photos – quick, easy and tasty upma made with bread.
i should have shared this bread upma recipe earlier, since this recipe is one of our favorite snack recipes made with bread. i have had some nice memories associated with bread upma. one of the first recipes i learnt to make was this upma. in fact during my school and college days, i would make this upma for both me and my sis.
i have been making this bread upma recipe for years now. its a much loved breakfast or snack at home. quick to make when you are short of time. best to use homemade bread or you can use any bread – whole wheat, multi grain, brown or white.
you can use fresh bread slices or even a few days old bread to make this upma. if using fresh bread slices, then no need to slice the edges. for a few days old bread, if the edges have become hard, then slice them. another similar and quick recipe you can make is this masala bread recipe.
few more bread snacks recipes !
bread upma
INGREDIENTS FOR bread upma
- 3 cups chopped bread cubes or 5 to 6 bread slices - chopped in cubes
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds (rai)
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 medium onion finely chopped or 1/3 cup finely chopped onions
- 1 green chili (hari mirch) - finely chopped
- ¾ to 1 inch ginger (adrak) - finely chopped or 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
- 6 to 7 curry leaves (kadi patta) - chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes finely chopped or ½ cup finely chopped tomatoes
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
- ¼ teaspoon red chili powder (lal mirch powder)
- 1 pinch asafoetida (hing) - optional
- 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves (dhania patta)
- salt as required
HOW TO MAKE bread upma
preparation for bread upma
- chop the bread slices in cubes. keep aside.
- finely chop the onions, green chilli, ginger and tomatoes. keep aside.
- chop the curry leaves and coriander leaves. keep aside.
making bread upma
- heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. add 1 tsp mustard seeds and let them crackle and pop.
- then add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds. stir and saute till the cumin seeds also crackle and change their color.
- add 1/3 cup chopped onion. stir. on a low to medium flame, saute the onions till they turn translucent.
- add 1 green chili (finely chopped), 1 tsp finely chopped ginger and 6 to 7 curry leaves, chopped. stir and saute till the raw aroma of ginger goes away. about 10 to 12 seconds.
- then add 1/2 cup finely chopped tomatoes. about 2 medium tomatoes, finely chopped.
- add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp red chili powder and a pinch of asafoetida (optional). for a more spicy taste in bread upma, you can increase the red chili powder to 1/2 tsp.
- mix very well. add salt.
- stir and saute this onion-tomato-spices mixture till the tomatoes soften and you see oil releasing from the sides. the tomatoes have to be cooked well, otherwise you will feel the rawness in them.
- there should also be no liquids or moisture in the mixture and it should be slightly dry. otherwise the bread cubes become soggy.
- add the bread cubes. mix the bread well with the rest of the mixture.
- on a low to medium flame, saute the bread cubes for 4 to 5 minutes till they become slightly crisp from the edges.
- this way there is some crispness in the bread cubes on the edges, along with a soft texture in the center of the cubes.
- then add 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.
- instead of adding coriander leaves at this step, you can also garnish with them, while serving the bread upma.
- mix and serve bread upma hot as a breakfast or as a quick snack.
how to make bread upma
1. chop the bread slices in cubes. keep aside. here, i have used brown bread slices.
2. heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. add 1 tsp mustard seeds and let them crackle and pop.
3. then add ½ tsp cumin seeds.
4. stir and saute till the cumin seeds also crackle and change their color.
5. add ⅓ cup chopped onion.
6. stir.
7. on a low to medium flame, saute the onions till they turn translucent.
8. add 1 green chili (finely chopped), 1 tsp finely chopped ginger and 6 to 7 curry leaves, chopped. stir and saute till the raw aroma of ginger goes away. about 10 to 12 seconds.
9. then add ½ cup finely chopped tomatoes. about 2 medium tomatoes, finely chopped.
10. add ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ¼ tsp red chili powder and a pinch of asafoetida (optional). for a more spicy taste in bread upma, you can increase the red chili powder to ½ tsp.
11. mix very well.
12. add salt.
13. stir and saute this onion-tomato-spices mixture till the tomatoes soften and you see oil releasing from the sides.
14. the tomatoes have to be cooked well, otherwise you will feel the rawness in them. there should also be no liquids or moisture in the mixture and it should be slightly dry. otherwise the bread cubes become soggy.
making bread upma
15. add the bread cubes.
16. mix the bread well with the rest of the mixture.
17. on a low to medium flame, saute the bread cubes for 4 to 5 minutes till they become slightly crisp from the edges. this way there is some crispness in the bread cubes on the edges, along with a soft texture in the center of the cubes.
18. then add 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves. instead of adding coriander leaves at this step, you can also garnish with them, while serving the bread upma.
19. mix.
20. serve bread upma hot as a breakfast or as a quick snack. for more tasty bread snacks recipes, you can check this collection of 40 snacks recipes with bread.
Hi mam, if I skip using asafoetida, the bread upma will be taste? (or)instead of using asafoetida what shall i use..
you can skip it.
superrrr,
Hi- I want to make bread upma as a starter for the party. Does it taste good only if it is hot or can I make it few hours before the party. Please let me know.
Archana, it taste good later also.
Hi Dassana,
Today I prepared bread upma and it really turned out to be good…
Thanks a ton….
Welcome Soumya. Thanks for sharing positive feedback on bread upma recipe.
This is a really awesome dish.I use homemade sambhar powder in place of red chilli powder.
Thank you so much.
Welcome Beena. Glad to know this.
Nice recipe. Please don’t call it upma, I hate suji upma.
And you are very kind….. humble person….?
thank you vishnupriya 🙂
Tried it today… it was very delicious.. my Mom liked it so much…
pleased to know this thank you vishnupriya 🙂
Our weekend special breakfast….an easy n quick one…..dis recipe rocks…..dish is perfect for a lazy morning…
thanks gourav for positive feedback.
Made this recipe today…. Turned out awesome. Had a great snack with garama garam chaai….
thankyou preethi 🙂
Q thank u so much by showing step by step ….today i hv tried ur lauki koftas n it taste yum….thank.
welcome pratibha.
The efforts taken to show so many recepies with photos is commendable. Have tasted some but never knew how to make them. Now i shall try them. Thank you for sharing these recepies.
welcome phyllis. do try the recipes 🙂
hey amit
if possible,plz make available an another website where we can search the recipes by the name.
b’coz i am a new commerce in cooking……
thanks…..
preety, recipes from their name can be easily searched. there is a search button on the top, from where the recipes can be searched.
OMG amit
what i say about ur recipes.all recipes are very very yumm.
and very important is all are easy to make to following step by step.
heads off to you…..
thanks again preety 🙂
Hello Dasanna, I have been following your blog for a while now. I live in the US at the moment and here at least in the place that I live, am not able to get all the ingredients for cooking all at once. Can you please post recipes with substitute ingredients possibly from the food stores in the West that we can use to cook instead of the proper Indian ingredients. Also can you post a recipe for sambar that can be prepared with just the podi and not use dhal. Also how to prepare idli dosa batter as well. Thanks
sangeetha, wherever possible i do add substitutes. but will keep this in mind for future recipes. thanks for the suggestion. taken the request for the sambar made with podi. for idli dosa batter, i have shared a post here – https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/idli-dosa-batter-in-a-mixie/
its a long post, so you can read in your free time. any queries on that, then feel free to ask 🙂
Hi dear….Its one of my kid’s favourite tiffin…..plz post any other recipes which are not sweet more…
thanks. you can have a look at these tiffin recipe section link given below. most of them are savory dishes.
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/recipes/tiffin-recipes/
It just made a tasty breakfast 🙂
thankyou kadri 🙂