"Ugadi Pachchadi" is a dish that is synonymous with Ugadi. It is traditionally made of shadruchulu (6 tastes) using jaggery from fresh crop of sugarcane, raw mango, neem flowers, chillies, salt and new tamarind. This dish signifies that life is a mixture of good and bad, joy and sorrow and they have to be treated alike.
Medicinally, Ugadi pachadi is a great cleanser. It acts as a prophylactic.
Ingredients
Raw mango - 1 cup (grated)
Jaggery powder - 1 tbsp
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
neem flowers - 1 tsp
Chilli/pepper powder - 1/4 tbsp
Salt
Steps
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl
Tips
You can add slices of fresh coconut.
If neem flowers are not available, you can use fenugreek powder.
If you like the pachadi to be runny, add some coconut or plain water.
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