Mango Pachadi Recipe/Maangai Pachadi - Tamil New Year's Day Special/Maangai Vellam Pachadi with step by step photos & Video/மாங்காய் பச்சடி

Mango pachadi is a must on Tamil New Years day, it is so special because it has all the six taste “arusuvai” [Innipu, uppu, pullippu, kasappu, urrapu and thuvarpppu]. Do try out this Mango Pachadi and post your comments here. Meanwhile do check out the Tamil New Years Day Special Recipes & Menu here.  Also check out the video for the recipe in Tamil & English

Here’s how to make it with step by step photos…

Check out other Tamil New Year's Day Special Recipes here.

Ingredients 

Mango (Raw mango)	2 large
Jaggery powdered	1 cup
Mustard seeds	½ tsp
Cumin seeds	½ tsp
Dried Red chillies	4
Red chilli powder	2 tsp
Turmeric powder	½ tsp
Oil	3 tsp
Curry leaves	10-12
Salt	One pinch
Neem flowers [optional]	1 tsp [for garnishing]

 Preparation Time: 10 minutes                            Recipe Category: Side Dish, Neivedhyam

Cooking Time: 20 minutes                                   Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu, India

Author: Priya Anandakumar

Here's a short video on how to make Maangai Pachadi in English & Tamil...

Method

Keep all the ingredients ready.

Peel the mango, with peeler or knife. Now make slices and cut them to cubes. The size of it does not really matter.

In a kadai heat oil, add mustard seeds after it splutters, add cumin seeds, dried red chillies, curry leaves and sauté for about a minute.

Now add the mango pieces and sauté for 30-40 seconds.

Add 1 cup of water, mix really well and let it come to rolling boil. 

Now cover and cook for 5 to 7 min or until they turn soft.

Add the jaggery, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and stir well. 

Cook for another 5 – 7 min. 

Wait for it to turn to thick sauce and switch off the stove.

Finally garnish with neem flowers. This is totally optional, but is a tradition to add during the Tamil New Years day.

I have not added the neem flowers in end for garnishing. You can add it in the end if it is available.

Alternate Method

Heat jaggery with ½ cup of water, the jaggery will start to melt in about 4-5 minutes.  Now switch off the stove, filter it with a strainer. This straining eliminates the debris from jaggery. Then add it to the cooked mango and follow the same procedure.

Yummy and delicious mango pachadi is ready to be enjoyed.

Here's short video of how to make Mango Pachadi in both English & Hindi

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