Ingredients

• 8 - 10 bread slices - Bread crumbs
• 3 - green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 - medium sized onion, finely chopped
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1 tsp - turmeric/haldi powder
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 3-4 - curry leaves/kadipatta
• 2 tsp - - oil
• 1 tsp - sugar
• finely chopped coriander/dhania
• salt to taste

How to Make Lemony Bread Upma

• To make bread crumbs, you can either crumble the bread slices with fingers or in a mixer/food processor on low speed (not more than 20 secs, otherwise it will turn into powder).
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and cumin seeds.
• After they splutter, add the finely chopped green chillies and onion.
• Add turmeric powder and curry leaves.
• After the onions and cook till it becomes translucent, and later add water. (not much, such that water forms a thin layer above the onions)
• Now, add the bread crumbs.
• Mix it with the other ingredients.
• Close the pan with a lid.
• Keep it for 3-4 minutes so that a few becomes crispy and rest remains soft.
• Then squeeze the lemon and add sugar and salt.
• Garnish with finely chopped coriander.