Mum's Bread Uppumaa

No one eats bread ends in my house so I save them and store in the freezer. Sometimes I make bread pudding with them.Sometimes it's this bread uppumaa.... 

1. Cut bread into small pieces (if frozen, defrost using microwave or simply steam them)

2. Cut one potato to small pieces, season with salt and deep fry till golden. Set aside.

3. Heat a little oil and add some butter.

4. Add a little mustard seeds and cook on low flame until they splatter.

5. Add sliced onion and continue cooking till soft.

6. Add sliced chilly

7. Move aside above ingredients to the side of the pan. Break a couple of eggs (depending on the quantity of bread) onto the hot oil, season will salt, give a quick stir.

8. Almost immediately add cut bread pieces and fried potato and stir constantly.

9. Serve warm.

Yogurt Carrot Rice

First soak basmati rice for an hour. Strain and roast in a pan with a few drops of ghee. Set aside.

Next make a paste of 3 spoons of thick yogurt, 3 green chillies, a little pepper powder and a little cumin seeds (seeragam). Add a little Babas Kurma powder and set aside.

Heat some ghee and fry cinnamon (karuvaapattai) till it turns black. Add star anise (laungapoo) to the ghee and once its roasted add cloves and cardamom.
Immediately add sliced onions and continue frying. At this stage, add pandan leaves.
Add the ground paste next. Bring to boil an then add 1 chopped tomato and 1 large shredded carrot.
Once tomato is mushy, switch off the stove.

Now add this to the soaked/roasted Basmati rice and salt. Add water 1.5 to 1 rice.
Cook in rice cooker. Whilst it's cooking do not stir more than once.

Serve with chicken/mutton curry and cucumber raita.