Traditional pachadi prepared on Tamizh new years day… Made with raw mango, neem flowers, jaggery, and chillies. The medley of taste and flavours signifies the ups and downs faced by us in life… Happy, bitter, sweet, hot… Emotions that life brings to is, making our lives as interesting as the pachadi
Ingredients for Mangai Pachadi
- Raw mango cubed 1 cup
- Powdered jaggery 1/2cup
- Neem flowers 1 tbsp
- Mustard 1 tsp
- Asafoetida a pinch
- Turmeric a pinch
- Red chilly broken 2
- Green chilly slit 1
- Salt a pinch
- Ghee 1 tsp
Preparation Method:
- Take a heavy-bottomed pan and add the mango cubes.
- Add water such that the mangoes are submerged.
- Allow to cook on low flame with a pinch of salt and turmeric powder.
- When soft add the jaggery and boil on low flame till the mixture thickens.
- Remove from the fire onto a bowl.
- Heat ghee. Splutter mustard seeds, asafoetida, red chilly, neem flowers, and green chilly. Fry till the flowers turn brownish-black. Add to the pachadi.
- Serve warm or cold
