Ugadi Pachadi
festivedrink-like preparation made with neem flowers, jaggery, tamarind, raw mango,salt, and pepper.
Servings 3
Ingredients
- 1 lemon sized ball of tamarind
- 3 to 4 tbsp jaggery powder
- 4 to 5 black pepper
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 sprigs of neem flowers
- ¼ cup chopped raw mango
Instructions
- Soak the tamarind in ⅓ cup of water for 30 minutes.
- After soaking, squeeze out the pulp and strain it.
- Pluck the neem flowers and set them aside.
- Coarsely crush the black pepper along with salt and keep aside.
- In an earthen pot, mix the tamarind pulp with jaggery powder until the jaggery dissolves completely.
- Add the crushed black pepper, salt, chopped raw mango,and neem flowers. Mix well.
- Pour in 1 ½ cups of chilled water and stir to combine.
- Ugadi Pachadi is ready to be offered as prasad.