Masala Bread Upma | How to make Masala Bread | Bread Recipes

Masala Bread or Masala Bread Upma what ever you may call it, is a wonderful quick dish which can be made in a jiffy on a lazy day. Sometimes, when there is leftover bread or you got bored of eating the same bread, then you can try this kind of different recipes using the bread. More bread recipes to come on this blog. Also I used the whole wheat bread to make it more healthy.

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Simple Upma

Ingredients
1. Bread slices - 8
2. Onion - 1 big (cut lengthwise)
3. Tomato - 1 big
4. Green peas - 1/4 cup (optional)
5. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
6. Tomato Sauce - 1 tbsp (optional)
7. Olive oil - 2tbsp
8. Mustard seeds - 1/5 tsp
9. Black gram - 1/4 tsp
10. Curry leaves - 1 spring
11. Coriander leaves for garnishing

Ingredients II
1. Turmeric powder - 1/5 tsp
2. Chilli powder - 1 tsp
3. Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp
4. Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
5. Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
6. Salt as per taste

Method

1. Try to cut the bread slices into the square shaped as shown below. But any shapes can do well.

2. Add little oil in a tawa and fry the bread pieces.

3. Let it slightly turn in to brown colour. But do not over fry them. Remove and cool them.

4. In same vessel, add oil and when hot, add the mustard seeds. When it splutters, add the urud dal(black gram) and add curry leaves.

5. Add the onion, green chillies and the ginger garlic paste. Fry till, the ginger garlic smell goes off.

6. Add the tomato, when the onions have become translucent.

7. Add the ingredients in list II one by one.

8. Add the green peas and the water and cook for a while. (till green peas gets cooked).

10. Add the tomato sauce now.

11. Add the bread pieces and mix them well, so that all the masala gets coated well.

12. When the bread pieces, become soft and cooked, garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the stove.

13. Yummy Masala bread Upma is ready to be served.

Notes:
1. Frying the bread is done, in order to prevent the bread becoming soggy while adding to the masala / gravy which we prepared.
2. Instead of Olive oil, you can use normal cooking oil also.
3. Adding tomato sauce is purely optional. But it gives a nice tangy taste to the dish.
4. If you like you can add some vegetables and make it more healthier version.

Rava Kichadi | How to make Rawa Kichadi | South Indian Breakfast Recipe

Rava Kichadi is one of my favorite breakfast recipe. I love to have it more when it is hot hot. I can eat it simply without any side dish also, but it tastes great with any spicy tomato chutney or simple coconut chutney. If you like you can add spices also. Since my hubby does not like spices in this kichadi, i avoided them. Also I added some veggies like carrot and green peas to give good taste. Lets see how to prepare this easy Rava Kichadi Recipe.

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Khara pongal
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Semiya Upma
Coconut Sevai
Idiyappam
Quinao Idli
Rawa Idli
Podi Oothappam

Rava Kichadi Recipe

Preparation time: 06 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

  Rava       -  2 cup
  Water     -  6 cups
  Oil           -  3 tblsp
  Ghee       -   4 tsp
  Mustard seeds   -  1/4 tsp
  Green chilli   -  3 (chopped finely)
  Channa dal   -  1/2 tsp
  Urad dal     -  1/2 tsp
  Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp (or finely chopped ginger and garlic)
  Salt        -   to taste
  Onion    -  1 (Chopped finely)
  Tomato   - 1 (Chopped Finely)
  Carrot     -  1/2 (Cut into small pieces)
  Green Peas  - 1/4 cup
  Turmeric powder  -  1/4 tsp
  Curry leaves  -   few
  Cashew nuts  - few (optional)

Method:
1. In a Kadai or pan,  add few drops of ghee. Dry roast the Rava. Do not over roast them. Keep it aside. Now in the same pan, add a tsp of ghee and fry the cashews till light brown colour. Keep aside.

2. In the same pan, add oil and when add the mustard seeds. When it splutters, add channa dal, urud dal and curry leaves. Add in the chopped onion and the ginger garlic paste. Fry till the raw smell of ginger garlic goes off. (Instead of ginger garlic paste, you can add the finely chopped ginger and garlic). (While doing this, I do not have the ginger and garlic separately, so i have used the ginger garlic paste) 

3. When the onion turns translucent, add the tomato. Saute it nicely. Add the chopped carrots. Cook it, sprinkling little water.

4. Add the required salt and add in the green peas. (I used frozen green peas). 

5. Add the water now and allow to boil. Add the turmeric powder.

6. While it is boiling, add the roasted rava, little by little and keep on stirring to avoid the formation of lumps. (While doing this, keep the flame in low to medium).

7. Finally add the cashews and the remaining ghee and give a stir. (Cashews can be added along with the carrot also, but our family likes the crunchy taste of cashews, so added it finally).

8. Serve the hot kichadi with any of your favorite chutney. We had it with Potukadalai chutney.

Yummy and easy Rava Kichadi is Ready.

Here is the video of the Rava Kichadi Recipe

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Mango Oats Smoothie | Healthy Smoothie Recipe | Breakfast Smoothie Recipes | Mango Recipes | Oats Recipes | Summer Special Drinks| Smoothie Recipes

Mango and Oats Smoothie is a yummy and healthy smoothie, which I tried recently. It is a very filling breakfast smoothie. I had mango pulp which I bought long before and it is going to expire soon. Actually thought of doing Mango Lassi or Mango Lemonade, but want to make it a bit healthy and included oats, dates and milk and that, prepared this healthy Mango and Oats Smoothie. If i have prepared this with fresh mangoes, it would have been much more tastier than this.

You can check some summer special recipes below
Blueberry Milkshake
Strawberry Lassi
Almond Banana Carrot Smoothie
Dates Almond Milk
Apricot Milkshake

Mango and Oats Smoothie for breakfast

Preparation time: 12 min | Cook Time: 0 min | Total time: 12 min | Serves: 3

Recipe Category: Smoothie | Recipe Cuisine: International

Ingredients

Mango pulp - 1 cup

Hot milk - 1 cup

Cold milk - 2 cups

Rolled oats - 1/2 cup

Dates - 5 to 6

Honey - 1/4 cup or as per taste

Ground cinnamon - 1/4 tsp + 2 pinch for garnishing 

Method

1. Dry fry the oats for 3 to 4 min, until they become light brown in color. 

2. Wash and deseed the dates. Soak in hot milk for 10 min or until mushy. 

3. Transfer the dates, oats to the food processor and add in the mango pulp, honey, cinnamon powder and milk to it and grind it.

4. Garnish with extra ground cinnamon and serve it. 

Notes: 

1. If you want you can add oats directly without dry frying it or you can even soak oats in hot milk and grind it. 

2. Add fresh mangoes for more tastier smoothie. 

3. Adding ground cinnamon is purely optional. 

4. You can replace the milk with almond milk or soy milk.

Tasty healthy delicious Mango and Oats Smoothie is ready for the breakfast

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