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Bread Poha

Ingredients:

  • 12 bread slices, cubed
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 2 green chilies, chopped
  • 1 sprig of curry leaves
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 4 plum tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 medium cooked potatoes, chopped
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Directions:

  1. Heat a large skillet on medium.  Once heated, add oil. Wait for the oil to heat, add mustard seeds.
  2. Once mustard seeds sputters, add diced onions. Cook for 2 minutes or until onions are translucent and fragrant.
  3. Add curry leaves, green chilies, turmeric powder and plum tomatoes. Cook for 10 minutes or until tomatoes are mushed and forms some gravy.
  4. Throw in chopped cooked potatoes and some water. Gently simmer for 5 minutes until tomato sauce thickens.
  5. Sprinkle salt and black pepper. Stir.
  6. Add cubed bread and stir everything to combine. Reduce heat to low, cover and gently simmer for 5 more minutes or until cubed bread soaks in all of the moisture and ingredients.
  7. Serve hot with a cuppa homemade chai. Enjoy!

 

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