Monday, 9 April 2012

Ugadi pachadi

Ugadi Pachadi :-

Ingredients :-
         Neem flowers (vepaputha) - 1 tsp
         Bananas - 6 no
         Tamarind - medium lemon size
         Jaggery - 250 gm
         Mango (raw) - 1/2
         Coconut - 1/4 of half coconut
         Fried chana dal - 5tsp
         Salt - 1/4 tsp
Preparations :-
         Soak the tamarind in 1 cup water for 1 hour
         Then squeeze the tamarind Juice from tamarind pulp
         To this add grated jaggery  and mix well
         After jaggery melting in tamarind juice, strain the mixture
         Then mash the bananas (not completely, leave some pieces)
         Clean the neem flowers ( I usually add neem flower petals to this)
         Cut the coconut into small pieces
         Peel the mango and then cut into small pieces
         pulse the fried chana dal on mixie
Process :-
         Take a large bowl and add mashed bananas to the bowl
         To this add tamarind juice and jaggary mixture
         Then add all the ingredients one by one to the banana mixture
         If you want you can add little more water
       
    This is my favorite traditional food 
    Enjoy my recipe with your family members

1 comment:

  1. Ugadi Pachadi is one of the most favorite dish of all time in Andhra, but the fact is it is prepared and consumed only once a year, Nice Presentation. Happy Ugadi !

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