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Ugadi pachadi

Telugu and Kannada new year, begun with a relish of neem flower, jaggery, raw mango, tamarind and green chilli.

ugadi telugu andhra pachchadi new year vikruti nama samvatsaraadi వికృతి నామ సంవత్సర శుభాకాంక్షలు
Photo: Kalyan Kanuri, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Spices for Ugadi pachadi

Ugadi is the first day of the lunisolar year in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. The first food is ugadi pachadi (bevu bella in Kannada), a mixture of neem blossom, jaggery, tamarind, raw mango, salt and a little green chilli or pepper, standing for the mixed fortunes of the year. Holige or bobbatlu, flatbreads with a lentil and jaggery filling, are made with ground cardamom. Spice here is a lesson in proportion more than a flavour that dominates.

The spices

TamarindGives the sour note in ugadi pachadi.CardamomFlavours the sweet stuffed bobbatlu.Chili pepperA little green chilli represents heat.
About this page

Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Ugadi" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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