Breakfast Bread

BREAD AVAL UPUMA:

Ingredients:

Aval[poha]- 1 cup
Finely chopped onion- 1 cup
Finely chopped tomato- 3 cups
Minced green chillies- 1 tbsp
Chopped coriander- half cup
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Black gram-1 tsp
Asafoetida powder- half sp
Turmeric powder-half sp
Frozen sweet corn- half cup
Half of a small pocket of one-day old bread
Enough salt
Oil- 4 tbsp

Procedure:

Wash and soak the aval in enough water for 5 minutes and then drain the water completely.
Heat a pan and add the oil. Add the mustard seeds and when they splutter add the black gram with the asafoetida powder. Fry for a few seconds and then add the onion with the green chillies and fry them to golden brown. Then add the tomato with the turmeric powder, salt and the corn. When the tomato is mashed completely and the oil floats on top, add the aval and cook on slow fire. Mix well. Make crumbs out of the bread with the fingers and add them to the mixture. Cook on slow fire for a few seconds. Add the coriander and mix well.

Variations:
You can prepare this with 4 eggs instead of aval.

DAL BREAD:

Ingredients;

Bread slices
Green gram- 2 cups
Onion-1
Green chillies-5
Ginger-a small piece
Coriander- 2 tbsp
Mint leaves- 2 tbsp
Enough salt and oil

Procedure:

Soak the green gram for 1 hour and then grind with salt to a thin batter. Grind the remaining ingredients coarsely and mix with the batter. Dip a bread slice in the batter and immediately place it on a hot griddle. Pour some oil around it. Cook both sides to golden brown colour.