Mango Pachadi

Come Ugadi, aka Telugu New Year, this recipe is on the menu list of most of the Tam Brahm household. The other variation is the "Veppambu (Neem Flowers) Pachadi", which is also quite delicious.

Ingredients:

Raw Mango - 1
Round Jaggery, mashed - 1 cup
Oil - 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asafetida, salt, turmeric powder - a pinch
A sprig of curry leaves
Red Chilli - coarsely ground powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste.

Method of preparation :

1. Chop the mangoes in to sqaures.
2. Coarsely grind the dry red chillies in a mixie. This texture gives a unique taste when added to the pachadi.
3. Soak the jaggery in little water, make a puree out of it.
4. In a kadai, heat the oil and make a tempering with mustard seeds, cumin, asafetida, turmeric powder, curry leaves.
5. Reduce the flame, add the cut mangoes and saute for 2 minutes. Add half of the salt now.
6. When the mangoes are cooked, add the thick jaggery water and the coarsely ground red chilli powder. Let it cook for another 2 minutes. Check for salt.
7. When all the ingredients are mixed well and the jaggery water boils, you can see a sheen and the mixture thickens a little. At this time, switch of the flame.

The quick and tasty Mango Pachadi is ready and you can relish this.. With anything of your choice. It goes well with Khakras too!