North Indian
Bread Upma (Double Roti Nashta)
Bread Upma (Double Roti Nashta) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 6 cut into small cubes bread slices
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 1 chopped green chilies
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 8 curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 1/2 lemon
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Cut the bread slices into small cubes and set them aside.
- Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium heat and let the mustard seeds and cumin seeds pop, then add the curry leaves and green chili.
- Add the chopped onion and cook until soft, about 3 minutes, then stir in the tomato and turmeric and cook until the tomato softens.
- Add the bread cubes and salt, and toss gently so every piece picks up the tempering, cooking for 2 to 3 minutes until warmed through and lightly crisp at the edges.
- Squeeze the lemon over the top, scatter the cilantro, and serve right away while the bread is still crisp.
Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bread Upma (Double Roti Nashta), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Bread Upma (Double Roti Nashta) carries gluten. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Bread Upma (Double Roti Nashta) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on bread, onion, and tomato.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.