Ugadi Pachadi

Sri Khara Nama Samvathsara Subhakankshalu <<<>>> Happy Ugadi !

Ugadi or Yuga-Adi is the festival celebrated on the first day of 'Telugu Samvathsaradi' (New Year on Telugu Calendar). This festival stands same and is celebrated with equal joy in different states with different names. This festival falls on the first day of Chaitramasam(March-April). The spring starts and everything is pleasant around having trees with new leaves, flowers. The nature's beauty is at it's peak. This festival is celebrated as 'Gudi Padwa' in Maharastra, 'Navreh' in Kashmir, 'Ugadi' in Karnataka too, 'Cheti Chand' in Sindhis. Usually the festival falls on the same day in all these places. 'Ugadi Pachadi' is the first thing that one should eat on this day after the Puja(prayer). Andhra delicacy 'Ugadi Pachadi' is the combination of six tastes/flavors as Chintapandu(Tamarind) for Pulupu(sour), Mirapakaya(Chilli) for Karam(spice), Bellam(Jaggery) for Teepi(sweet), Vepa puvvu(Neem flowers) for Chedu(Bitter), Mamidikaya(Raw Mango) for Vagaru(Pungent) and finally salt which reflect myraid facets of our life.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup chopped Pachi Mamidikaya (raw fresh Mango)
3 tbsp Tamarind pulp
4 tbsp Jaggery
1 tsp Margosa flowers (Neem tree flowers)
1 small Green Chili
Salt to taste

Directions

1.Take a bowl, add tamarind pulp and jaggery, make thin watery paste of it with some water.
2. Add chopped mango, chopped chili, margosa flowers and adjust salt.
3. Andhra delicacy ' Ugadi Pachadi ' is ready to offer in puja(prayer) for naivaidyam.

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Tomato Pachadi / Tomato Chutney

Ingredients:


5 medium sized Tomatoes(chopped)
2-3 flakes of Tamarind(soaked in water)
1 medium Onion(chopped)
1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
4-5 Fenugreek seeds(menthulu)
2 tbsp Coriander seeds
1 tbsp Bengal gram
1 tbsp Black gram
2 Green Chillies
4 Red Chillies
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste

Directions:

1. Heat little oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add fenugreek seeds, pinch of Hing,coriander seeds,bengal gram, black gram, green chillies, red chillies and fry them well until nice aroma spreads around(Remember, fry them on a low flame). Collect these ingredients in a plate.
2. Heat pan again with little oil in it. Add chopped onion and fry them until translucent. Add ginger garlic paste, tomatoes and tamarind(along with the water in which tamarind was soaked). Fry them nicely until the whole mixture is cooked and soft.
3. Bring the above ingredients collected in a plate(spices mixture) to mixi. Once they are finely powdered, add the tomato mixture to the mixi and make a paste. Remove the chutney into a bowl, adjust salt and serve it with steam rice/dosa/wada/Idli as desired.

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Allam Chutney / Ginger Chutney

Ingredients:


3 tbsp chopped Ginger(Allam)
100gm Tamarind
3 Green Chillies
2 small fresh Coconut pieces (also can use 3tbsp shredded fresh Coconut)
Salt to taste
4 tbsp Jaggery (optional)

Directions: 


1. Take little water in a bowl and soak tamarind.
2. Add soaked tamarind, chillies, coconut, jaggery and salt to mixi jar and make a paste of it.
3. Serve with hot Idly or Dosa.


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