Pauruti (bread) Upma (Oriya Dish)

Categories: Bread, Upma, Orrisa dish

Time Taken : 30-45 mins

Ingredients: 

1 onion

1 potato 

1 green chili

1 tomato

1/4 spoon of cumin seed

1/4 spoon of mustard seed

4 slices of bread

Few grains of cashew nuts and raisins

1/2 tea spoon of turmeric powder

1/2 tea spoon of garam masala

1 spoon of vegetable oil

Salt to taste

Method

1. Chop onion, potato and tomato into small pieces and keep them separately. Cut the green chili into fine pieces. Cut the bread slices into small pieces sizing about 1cm x 1cm.
   
   
   
2. Warm a fry pan in low heat and put some oil. When the oil is hot put the cumin and mustard seeds and fry that properly. Add the chopped chilies and fry with medium heat. Then add the chopped onions and fry till it turns red.
   
3. Add the chopped potato and fry it properly. Add half tea spoon of turmeric powder and stir it properly.Then add the chopped tomato and leave that for 2-3 minutes with constant stirring. Add salt to taste. Then add the garam masala powder and mix that properly.
   
   
   
4. Add the cashew nuts and raisins. Add the bread pieces and stir it properly. Leave it for 2-3 minutes in medium heat with intermittent stirring and your bread upma is ready for breakfast. You can add some Sev or mixture to taste it better.
   

Bread Upma

Category : Bread, Maharashtrian, Breakfast
Time Taken : 15-30 mins


Ingredients: 
Bread crumbs (of 8 to 10 bread slices)
3 - green chilies, finely chopped
1 - medium sized onion, finely chopped
1 tsp - mustard seeds
1 tsp - cumin seeds
1 tsp - turmeric/haldi powder
1 - lemon or 1 tbsp lemon juice
3-4 - curry leaves/kadipatta
2 tsp - oil
1 tsp - sugar
Finely chopped coriander/dhania
Salt to taste


Method

1. 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.
2. Heat oil in pan, add mustard and cumin seeds
3. After they splutter, add the finely chopped green chillies and onion.
4. Add haldi powder and curry leaves.
5. After the onions become translucent, add water (not much, such that water forms a thin layer above the onions).
6. Now add the bread crumbs.
7. Mix it with the other ingredients.
8. Close the pan with a lid.
9. Keep it for 3-4 minutes so that few become crispy and rest remains soft.
10. Then squeeze a lemon or add lemon juice, sugar and salt.
11. Garnish with finely chopped coriander.

Pineapple and Paneer Sandwich

Category : Bread,Tamilnadu, Breads and pizzas
Time Taken : 15-30 mins


Ingredients: 
4 slices - sandwich bread
2 tbsp - pineapple pieces
2 tbsp - paneer pieces
1 tsp - black pepper powder
Salt to taste


Method

1. Take one slice of the sandwich bread and spread 1 tbsp of pineapple and 1 tbsp of paneer pieces.
2. Add required amount of salt and pepper.
3. Top it with another bread slice.
4. Toast the sandwich in a sandwich toaster.
5. Serve hot with tomato sauce.

Aloo Sandwich

Category : Bread, Tamilnadu, Other recipes,Potato
Time Taken : 15-30 mins


Ingredients: 
4 slices - sandwich bread
2 - potato
2 - finely chopped green chillies
1 tsp - turmeric
a pinch of asafoetida
salt to taste
oil to fry


Method

1. Boil and mash the potato.
2. Add the green chillies, turmeric, asafetida and salt.
3. Make the potato into small vadas and shallow fry them.
4. Take one slice of the sandwich bread and keep the potato vada and top it with another bread slice.
5. Toast the sandwich in a sandwich toaster.
6. Serve hot with tomato sauce.

Baked Beans Sandwich

Category : Bread,Tamilnadu, Breads and pizzas, Beans

Time Taken : 15-30 mins

Ingredients: 

4 slices - sandwich bread

2 tbsp - baked beans in tomato sauce

2 tbsp - grated cheese

Method

1. Take one slice of the sandwich bread and spread 1 tbsp of baked beans and 1 tbsp of grated cheese and top it with another bread slice.
2. Toast the sandwich in a sandwich toaster.
3. Serve hot.