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Cooking with leftovers: Make delicious upma with veggies, meat
EVERYONE is busy, stressed out and tired at the end of a long day. At times, one might not feel like cooking or sudden guests drop in or simply you might have too many leftovers in the fridge, which you do not want to waste. I will help you to create new dishes with leftovers every week.
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migrator
migrator
Chennai
Bread Upma (Serves 2 to 3)
INGREDIENTSÂ
Left over slices of bread: a medium bowl full, even leftover toast can be usedÂ
Leftover cooked vegetable/ chicken/ meat/ pasta/ or any dry dish. Semi gravy dish can be added but no gravies Â
Some diced onionsÂ
2 tablespoons: oil/ ghee/ butter (your choice). I use ghee to give a nice flavour. Cooking in ghee is prescribed in Ayurveda. Â
1 teaspoon: mustard seedsÂ
1 spoon: cumin seedsÂ
A pinch: asafoetida Â
Two red chiliesÂ
A sprig of curry leavesÂ
Salt to taste
METHODÂ
Place a saucepan over fire and add oil. When oil is hot, add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add the red chilies, cumin seeds and onions. Fry them.Â
Add the bowl of bread pieces and fry.Â
Add whatever leftovers you want. Do not add any gravy.Â
Toss it all together till the bread is nice and roasted along with the leftovers.Â
Add salt only if needed, as the left overs will have salt. Remove and serve hot.Â
TIP OF THE WEEKÂ
Place a slice of lemon in your  pressure cooker at the bottom, while cooking in it. The lemon cleans up all the surface dirt and leaves a shining  bright interior.
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