Hello,
So how are you all holding up when winter has finally deigned to arrive, though not in full, formidable force, but just tiptoeing around the corner! I decided it is time to celebrate the winter evening with a simple snack or probably I just wanted to finish the stale bread lying about in my refrigerator for the last seven days!
So, here we go...
Ingredients:
6 slices of bread (milk/whole grain/sandwich bread or whatever is available)
1 onion (diced)
1 small tomato (diced)
1/2 capsicum (diced)
1 green chilli (finely chopped)
A handful of roasted peanuts
A few curry leaves
2-3 fenugreek seeds
1/2 teaspoon of black mustard seeds
1 whole dried red chilli
1 tablespoon of lime juice
1 tablespoon of tomato sauce
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon of oil
Namkeen bundi/Crispy sev (for garnish)
Preparation:
Tear the bread with your hands in small bite-size pieces. Heat oil in a wok. When heated through, add fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds. When they splatter, add the red chilli and curry leaves. After a few seconds as the spices release the aroma, add the peanuts. Keep the flame at medium high. Stir constantly. Add onion, capsicum, green chilli and tomato one by one (tomatoes are to be added at the last and increase the flame immediately after). Add the bread and salt and stir on high heat, sometimes letting it rest for a few seconds so that some pieces turn crispy. When the bread pieces look roasted enough (it will take less than a minute) add the lime juice and the tomato sauce and stir again for around 10-12 seconds. Remove from heat and serve hot. I love to garnish my bread upma with sev or spicy bundi. You may squeeze some ketchup on top and enjoy the snack that is both delicious and quite effectively make use of stale breads which are almost always lying around in the fridge.
Tip: You can make this snack healthier by adding diced and blanched carrots, beans or even broccolis while adding the veggies. Remember the actual cooking time is around 2 to 3 minutes and you must do everything in high heat. So have everything ready at hand before you start cooking.
So how are you all holding up when winter has finally deigned to arrive, though not in full, formidable force, but just tiptoeing around the corner! I decided it is time to celebrate the winter evening with a simple snack or probably I just wanted to finish the stale bread lying about in my refrigerator for the last seven days!
So, here we go...
Ingredients:
6 slices of bread (milk/whole grain/sandwich bread or whatever is available)
1 onion (diced)
1 small tomato (diced)
1/2 capsicum (diced)
1 green chilli (finely chopped)
A handful of roasted peanuts
A few curry leaves
2-3 fenugreek seeds
1/2 teaspoon of black mustard seeds
1 whole dried red chilli
1 tablespoon of lime juice
1 tablespoon of tomato sauce
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon of oil
Namkeen bundi/Crispy sev (for garnish)
Preparation:
Tear the bread with your hands in small bite-size pieces. Heat oil in a wok. When heated through, add fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds. When they splatter, add the red chilli and curry leaves. After a few seconds as the spices release the aroma, add the peanuts. Keep the flame at medium high. Stir constantly. Add onion, capsicum, green chilli and tomato one by one (tomatoes are to be added at the last and increase the flame immediately after). Add the bread and salt and stir on high heat, sometimes letting it rest for a few seconds so that some pieces turn crispy. When the bread pieces look roasted enough (it will take less than a minute) add the lime juice and the tomato sauce and stir again for around 10-12 seconds. Remove from heat and serve hot. I love to garnish my bread upma with sev or spicy bundi. You may squeeze some ketchup on top and enjoy the snack that is both delicious and quite effectively make use of stale breads which are almost always lying around in the fridge.
Tip: You can make this snack healthier by adding diced and blanched carrots, beans or even broccolis while adding the veggies. Remember the actual cooking time is around 2 to 3 minutes and you must do everything in high heat. So have everything ready at hand before you start cooking.
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