Celebrate Ugadi with a Delicious Thali Spread
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In this article is a festive thali spread with delectable South-Indian delicacies I ready recently for the Ugadi Festival. I have shared how we make the festive distribute back again house, and I have replicated all the recipes below. No speculate it is close to my heart.
I love cooking elaborate, complete-class South Indian meals. I have shared pretty a several on my weblog you can uncover them all less than my “Indian Thali” category. Like each individual other festive spread, this is also a no-onion, no-garlic unfold. In advance of acquiring into the personal recipe details, enable me promptly share about the ugadi competition.
Ugadi
Ugadi or Yugadi is the New Year’s Working day for Karnataka, Andhra, Telangana, and Maharashtra. Maharashtrians celebrate the exact as Gudi Padwa. Yugadi signifies Yuga (age) + adi (beginning). It is the starting of the new age/year. We rejoice Ugadi on the to start with working day of the lunisolar calendar.
The Feast
We (mother and father and grandparents) are Kannadigas born and elevated in Tamil Nadu. So, our foods is an amalgamation of each Kannada and Tamil delicacies.
One particular issue we don’t skip on Yugadi is the Bevu Bella Pachadi I have discussed its significance in this publish. In the US, we don’t get off for Ugadi. If the competition falls on weekdays, I generally make certain the Ugadi unfold has bevu bella, panagam, neer mor, kheer/payasam, and kosambari. Then I possibly make sambar rice or bisibelebath and raita so that we can pack the same for lunch. If it falls during the weekend, I make elaborate meals with sambar, rasam, palys/poriyal, vadai, and obbattu like underneath.
Prepping for the Ugadi spread
As always, chop the required greens the working day before or right before cooking. If I plan to make vadai, I begin by soaking the lentils for vadai and kosambari and then pressure prepare dinner the toor dal for sambar and rasam. Alongside with toor dal, I pressure prepare dinner the demanded greens.
Parallely, I roast components for sambar and rasam. Although it is cooling, I make other recipes like panagam, neer mor, kosambari, and pachadi.
Then I do sambar, rasam, payasam and vadai. I often keep poli to the close.
My Ugadi thali
I did not incorporate fryums in this unfold as we really don’t fry shop-purchased papad or fryums on Amavasya day. But you can include that as properly. Below are the delicacies and their details. You can obtain the recipe back links underneath.
As usually I have Anna (rice), Tovve (Cooked toor dal), Thuppa (ghee)
Arachuvitta Sambar Recipe | Yellow Pumpkin Arachuvitta Sambar | Parangikai Sambar
Arachuvitta sambar recipe with parangikai or pumpkin – South Indian model lentil stew with pumpkin and freshly ground coconut masala.
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Mysore Rasam
Attempt the mouthwatering Mysore Rasam, a preferred South Indian lentil soup with a excellent mix of freshly ground spices. Appreciate it as a soup or as a flavorful addition to your food.
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Balekai Palya | Vaazhaikai Podimas | Plantain Stir-Fry
A not-so-spicy South Indian design and style palya/dry curry recipe geared up with plantain with flavors of coconut and coconut oil.
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Gasagase Payasa | Poppy Seeds Kheer
Gasagase Payasa – A nutritious and a soothing kheer geared up with the goodness of poppy seeds, coconut, and jaggery.
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Mango Pachadi | Mambazha Pachadi | Sweet Mango Relish
Mambazha pachadi / Mango Pachadi is a sweet mango relish geared up with jaggery, mustard seeds, and pink chili tempering! In this article is a comprehensive recipe with phase-intelligent pictures.
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Bevu Bella | Ugadi Pachadi
Bevu bella – a tremendous-simple Ugadi (New Year) particular pachadi, a lot more like a drink well prepared with 6 distinctive substances.
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Neer Mor | Spiced Buttermilk
Neer Mor – A mildly spiced and refreshing buttermilk drink to conquer that summer time heat. A common South Indian summer time coolant.
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Panagam | Dry Ginger Powder & Jaggery Drink
Panagam or Dry ginger powder and jaggery tea – A mouth watering refreshment/tea with jaggery and dry ginger powder flavored with cardamom.
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Moong Dal Kosambari
kosambari is a crunchy South Indian salad prepared with yellow moong dal, grated vegetables & tempered with mustard seeds.
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Thavala Vadai | Mixed Lentil Fritters
A festive particular fried foodstuff well prepared with blended lentils, rice and with coconut but with out any onion or garlic.
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Quick Uncooked Mango Pickle | Kili Mooku Manga Pickle
Delicious and Instantaneous Mango pickle prepared with raw inexperienced mangoes and chili powder. A lip-smacking pickle recipe with minimum components with barely any soaking time.
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Obbattu – A sweet flatbread with channa dal – jaggery stuffing. Recipe in my Necessary South Indian Cookbook. I will write-up a various version here soon. These smaller laddoos are the leftover stuffing.
Pleased Ugadi to all.
I hope you can all draw inspiration from this no-onion no-garlic Ugadi distribute. If you have any queries, please depart a comment underneath. I will share the every day updates on my Instagram and my FB group. So remain linked!
Delighted Cooking!
Vidhya
Update notes: Before posted in 2018, now up to date the listing with WPRM recipe roundup things.
