Halwai February 8, 2025

Ingredients:

• 8 – 10 bread slices – Bread crumbs
• 3 – green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 – medium sized onion, finely chopped
• 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• 1 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp – turmeric/haldi powder
• Juice of 1 Lemon
• 3-4 – curry leaves/kadipatta
• 2 tsp – – oil
• 1 tsp – Sugar
• finely chopped coriander/dhania
• salt to taste

Method:

  1. To make bread crumbs, you can either crumble the bread slices with fingers or in a mixer/food processor on low speed (not more than 20 secs, otherwise it will turn into powder).
  2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and cumin seeds.
  3. After they splutter, add the finely chopped green chillies and onion.
  4. Add turmeric powder and curry leaves.
  5. After the onions and cook till it becomes translucent, and later add water. (not much, such that water forms a thin layer above the onions)
  6. Now, add the bread crumbs.
  7. Mix it with the other ingredients.
  8. Close the pan with a lid.
  9. Keep it for 3-4 minutes so that a few becomes crispy and rest remains soft.
  10. Then squeeze the lemon and add sugar and salt.
  11. Garnish with finely chopped coriander.

Recipe courtesy of Priya