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Bread Upma Recipe-How to make Bread Upma

March 22, 2013 by PadhuSankar 41 Comments

Are you bored of bread toast and bread sandwiches, then this South Indian Style bread upma is for you.This is a very tasty and delicious breakfast that can be make in a few minutes time. It can be prepared with left over bread also. Even those who do not like upma will love this bread upma. Today we will learn how to make bread upma following this easy recipe.

Bread Upma
South Indian Style Bread Upma 

Bread Upma Recipe-South Indian Style


Bread Upma

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 10 mins 
 Serves: 1
 Recipe Category: Breakfast
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Bread – 5 slices (brown or white bread)
   Onion- 1 big or 2 medium
   Tomato – 2
   Green chilli – 2 slit
   Ginger -1/2 tsp finely chopped
   Turmeric powder – a pinch
   Sambar powder – 1 tsp
   Ghee or oil – 2 tsp for frying bread
   Salt to taste

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 2 1/2 tsp
   Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
   Curry leaves – few

Preparation 

Cut bread into squares or tear it into small pieces. Heat 2 tsp of ghee and roast the bread until golden brown. Switch off and let the bread be in the heat of the pan.(Removing the outer brown crust is optional)

Cut onions lengthwise.

Method 

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add onions, ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and saute until onions turn transparent.

Then add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt needed and cook until tomatoes are soft. Add 2 tbsp of water, if your tomato is not very juicy.

Then add bread pieces and toss until bread is well coated with the masala.

Serve hot.You do not need any side dish for this upma. You can have this even as a tea time snack.

Variations 

You can add finely chopped capsicums after the tomatoes are half cooked if you prefer.

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Comments

  1. Sona S

    March 22, 2013 at 9:24 am

    love bread upma, looks delicious.

    Reply
  2. Saranya Balaji

    March 22, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Quick and filling breakfast…

    Reply
  3. Chitz

    March 22, 2013 at 11:22 am

    I love this hassle free recipe..

    Reply
  4. Pavithra R

    March 22, 2013 at 11:35 am

    Simple & easy recipe!! Looks good.
    I make this recipe at home quite often, but never thought of adding Sambar Powder. I will try this.

    Reply
  5. Dipti Joshi

    March 22, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    Recipe looks interesting..

    Reply
  6. divya

    March 22, 2013 at 1:36 pm

    wow!! this is amazing…

    Reply
  7. DivyaGCP

    March 22, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Nice way to use up left over bread.. I love bread upma.. Simple and delicious

    Reply
  8. Gajus kitchen

    March 22, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    Simple and delicious upma

    Reply
  9. Divya Shivaraman

    March 22, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    Perfect bowl of snack 🙂

    Reply
  10. Cherry

    March 23, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    Superb Recipe ! Unfortunately ran out of Sambar powder after preparation, tried with Pavbhaji masala powder. Excellent Combination !

    Reply
  11. Anandhi

    March 27, 2013 at 4:32 pm

    Its quick recipe with delicious taste..nice presentation too..

    Reply
  12. ಕಾವ್ಯಾ ಭಟ್

    April 2, 2013 at 7:46 am

    i'll try this quick recipe… thank you 🙂

    Reply
  13. nitya kamat

    June 1, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    very tasty thank you!

    Reply
  14. gayathri natarajan

    June 10, 2013 at 3:14 pm

    luv this…

    Reply
  15. sathishwaran j

    June 14, 2013 at 10:40 am

    good job…

    Reply
  16. mritz

    December 9, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    Awesome.. everyone loved it

    Reply
  17. Poornima Raju

    January 26, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Hi Padhu, I tried this and came out very well, the fried ghee pieces which comes into the mouth now and then and the tomotoes in it were very nice. thank u for this good eat.

    Reply
  18. janani

    February 10, 2014 at 6:35 am

    Tired it. Tasted very good. Thanks for the receipe.

    Reply
  19. Dharini jayaraman

    March 5, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    I tried it lots of vegetables and mint-coriander raitha for the sides…. came up very good

    Reply
  20. priya

    March 22, 2014 at 3:55 pm

    Tried with mixed vegetables. My kid enjoyed the meal. Thank you

    Reply
  21. Mandal Rushikesh

    April 26, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    I tried wid adding egg excellent combination

    Reply
  22. Gunjita Agarwal

    June 16, 2014 at 10:09 am

    will try today only

    Reply
  23. rashi

    June 27, 2014 at 11:51 am

    Fabulous… Fantastic Job 🙂
    Thanku soo much …..

    Reply
  24. Ramya Annamalai

    August 10, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    superb…csme out very well

    Reply
  25. DSuresh

    August 12, 2014 at 11:56 pm

    Added veggies to it, Came out really well! Thanks much!

    Reply
  26. Priya Ramkumar

    December 13, 2014 at 2:31 am

    tried this and it was yumm when eaten hot .. Thanks 🙂 I added a tbsp of tomato ketchup after switching off the flame. ..

    Reply
  27. shiva kumar

    March 22, 2015 at 2:54 am

    Great and easy dinner for bachelors thanks padhu

    Reply
  28. subha krishna

    April 23, 2015 at 11:31 pm

    I tried this today… N it came out so good…. Still didn't get rid of d taste…. Thank u for a nice dish…

    Reply
  29. Sridhar

    July 9, 2015 at 2:37 am

    Wonderful recipe. Tried it. Came out smelling and tasting good.

    Reply
  30. Shuba

    September 5, 2015 at 1:13 am

    Tried it and came out really well 🙂 thanks!

    Reply
  31. umathiru

    September 24, 2015 at 1:26 am

    Yummy

    Reply
  32. Unknown

    December 23, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    This is an awesome website Padhu.whenever I am confused I just log into ur site , I love the way u explain with such details and amazing photos.God bless!
    Rashmi

    Reply
  33. Unknown

    March 2, 2016 at 3:30 am

    Tried your bread upma.very easy and tasty.

    Reply
  34. Lavanya

    July 27, 2016 at 9:18 am

    awesome..i tried this…really loved it.. thanks for posting.and I always follow your site

    Reply
  35. Sivasekari Lakshmanan

    September 29, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    Thank u Padhu for this simple delicious recipe. I tried it and loved it . its yummy and finger licking good 🙂

    Reply
  36. Lorraine Moteira

    October 21, 2016 at 3:49 am

    Tried the bread upama. It came out well. Thanks for the simple & tasty recipe.

    Reply
  37. Vevel

    November 9, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    Hiii padhu … this is so awesome.. I tried this yest and it tasted so well and so easy to prepare too
    . It's so tasty and a wonderful appetiser too.. keep up u r good work .. I m regularly following u.. u have a great talent. .

    Reply
  38. Raveesh Kutty

    March 10, 2017 at 2:49 am

    Hi, I tried this bread upma today it came out very tasty. Didn't expect that from a bread.. I had this with tomato ketchup. Yummy.. Thanks for sharing…

    Reply
  39. chidanand ankolekar

    October 29, 2017 at 5:24 am

    Hi

    Thank you, good recipe, could easily make it.
    Rgrds
    Anand

    Reply
  40. Saranya Ramachandran

    January 10, 2018 at 2:19 pm

    Tried today… Came out really well…

    Reply
  41. Gayathri

    July 23, 2022 at 1:02 am

    Tried it and loved it!! Thank you!

    Reply

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