KERALA FOOD ITEMS : BREAD UPMA

Ingredients :

5 dry bread slices(each cut into nine squares)

1 big onion (finely chopped)

1/2 tsp dhania-jeera powder

a pinch of red chilli powder

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal
3 tsps of oil

salt to taste

a pinch of turmeric powder

Method:

In a hard bottomed pan, add oil. Add mustard seeds and after it starts spluttering, addurad dal.Add the onions and fry till it changes colour. Add the bread pieces and sprinkle a littlewater to soften the bread.Add salt, turmeric powder, dhania-jeera powder and chilli powder. Mix well in a low flame.

Notes:This requires very little salt as the bread already contains salt.