There are many variations to bread upma too......... this recipe here, is just my take on this dish. I have been making bread upma in more or less the same manner for quite a while now. The only change is that recently I started adding flax meal to it. I find that flax meal blends surprisingly well in this and is a nice way to sneak in a little extra omega 3 in our diet.......
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Ingredients and Method to make wheat bread upma
Half of a loaf of day old or a little older whole wheat bread broken into small pieces (I used this bread) (see notes)
1 tbsp oil
3/4 tsp mustard seeds
3/4 tsp cumin seeds
3 Thai or Indian variety green chilies cut very fine (or to taste)
1 large onion cut fine
salt to taste (very little, since bread already has some salt in it)
1/8 tsp turmeric powder
2 tbsp flax meal (powdered flax seeds/alsi/ ali virai)
1/4 cup or less water (see below)
1/2 tsp red chili powder or cayenne powder (or to taste) (optional)
Make small pieces of half a loaf of day old or 2 day old bread and keep aside
Heat oil in a heavy pan, add mustard seeds. When the seeds begin to splutter, add cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds begin to sizzle add green chilies and stir a few times. Then add onions and saute until the onions turn tranparent.
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Add turmeric powder and the bread pieces and mix well. Add flax meal, salt to taste, red chili powder if using and mix well again. Add a little water if the bread is too dry. Add just one tablespoon at a time and mix well. The upma should not be very moist and mushy, it needs to be just a little moist but mostly dry.
Serve hot with ketchup/ sauce or chutney. Serves approximately 2 to 3
Notes
Breads like ciabatta / sourdough/ multi grain work great for this upma. Avoid using breads that are sweetish because it doesn't work well in this savory dish.
