Ugadi Pachadi (Andhra Style)

Ugadi is a festival celebrating New Year’s Day in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. It is also celebrated in the state of Maharashtra and is called Gudi Padwa.

This year Ugadi festival is celebrated on April 13, 2021.

Ugadi falls in the months of March or April and this celebration is a wonderful way of welcoming the spring. Many new ventures are started on ugadi and people celebrate this festival with high spirits. Visiting family friends, buying new clothes and makings special dishes are part of the celebration.

What is Ugadi Pachadi?

In Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Ugadi Pachadi (chutney) is made with the combination of six different ingredients. These six tastes called shadruchulu symbolize the fact that life is a mixture of good and bad, joy and sorrow and all have to be treated alike.

Ingredients needed to make Ugadi Pachadi

 
The six different ingredients which go into making this unique Pachadi are:

1 – Neem flowers ( bitterness, signifying sadness), as neem was not available I used sprouted methi seeds

2 – Mango (tangy, signifying surprise)

3 – Jaggery ( sweetness, signifying happiness)

4 – Tamarind ( sourness, signifying disgust)

5 – Black Pepper Powder or Red chilly powder ( hot, signifying anger)

6 – Salt ( signifies fear)

How to make Andhra Ugadi Pachadi

Soak 1 to 2 tsp of tamarind in ¼ cup warm water for 10 minutes. After ten minutes, squeeze the tamarind pulp and set a side.

In another bowl add grated jaggery and ½ cup of water. Mix till the jaggery melts. You can strain the jaggery water to remove any impurities.

Now add the tamarind pulp to the jaggery mixture.

Add ¼ salt to the tamarind and jaggery mixture.

Add ¼ tsp black pepper powder or plain red chili powder.

Add chopped green mango, about ¼ th cup.

Add 2 tsps of neem flowers. Traditionally neem flowers are used,if not available use dry neem flowers or sprouted methi seeds.

Mix all the ingredients and serve as neivedyam before eating the pachadi.

Few recipes made for ugadi –

Bobbatlu / Obbatu / Puran Poli

Mango rice

Pulihora

Boorelu

No Churn Mango Ice Cream

Mango Mousse

This post has been updated from recipe archives, first published in April 2013

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