14 Awesome Recipes For Ugadi

Saturday, March 29, 2014, 18:18 [IST]

Ugadi is fast approaching. You must be already preparing yourselves for the festival. The time for celebration has come and you need to be ready with all the tasty recipes for your friends and family because food forms the most crucial part of the festivals.

The Ugadi recipes that are listed here are a combination of delicacies from both Andhra and Karnataka. And not to mention, all of the recipes taste equally amazing. The variety of pachadis, the mouthwatering Mysore pak, the unique obbattu and so many other delicacies are enough to make our mouths water.

TOP 10 SWEET RECIPES FOR UGADI

So, wait no more check out these awesome recipes for Ugadi.

Ugadi Pachadi

The most unique part of Ugadi is beginning the new year with a savouring and a mixed flavoured chutney known as the Ugadi pachadi. This pachadi is a mix of six flavours which is a symbolic reminder of the various facets of our lives. This special pachadi is made with unripe mangoes, neem flowers, jaggery, tamarind and other ingredients.

Mor Kuzhambu

Mor means buttermilk and kuzhambu means stew. The stew is prepared with buttermilk and a few other spices and ingredients which make this recipe an absolute delight.

Andhra Beerakaya Pachadi

This is a pachadi recipe made with beerakaya or ridge gourd. Ridge gourd is abundantly found during this season and is a wonderful vegetable to keep yourself cool since it contains a lot of water.

Chana Usal

Chana usal is prepared with the sprouted black grams which is boiled and then cooked with a medley of spices. Adding coriander paste to the usal gives a wonderful flavour to the dish and makes it absolutely tantalizing.

Masala Garelu

A garelu is nothing but a variety of the South Indian vada. The masala garelu is prepared with herbs and spices which makes it a delightful dish. In fact, Ugadi is not deemed complete without preparing the garelu, payasam and pulihora.

Coconut Vada

Vadas are usually made out of sooji or rice paste. However, when coconut is the main ingredient for vadas, they are bound to be more delicious. This Andhra recipe is both sweet and spicy. Coconut vadas get their sweetness from the coconut and spicy flavour from green chillies that are abundantly added to the batter.

Banana Bajji

You must have heard of the special banana bajji of South India. It is also known as the kela bajji or Aritakaya bajji. This special snack is prepared using unripe bananas and it tastes yummy.

Medu Vada

Medu Vada is a daily delight in most homes but you can pamper yourself with this deep fried snacks for Ugadi too. Being a popular south Indian recipe it will not take your guests by surprise. But if you can manage to get this snacks recipe right then you will surely earn a lot of laurels.

Coconut Puran Poli

Grated coconut is mixed with jaggery and the stuffing is added to the puran poli. This authentic taste of the coconut puran poli makes it a tasty sweet dish for Ugadi.

Mysore Paak

The Mysore Paak Recipe for this sweet is made out of pure ghee which adds to the beautiful and relishing taste of this delightful sweet.

Obbattu

Obbattu is a famous Ugadi dessert. Indian dessert recipes are very simple and easy to prepare. Since Obbattu is a jaggery dish, the sweetener is not of very high calorie. Indian dessert recipes are known to be fattening, but this dish is roasted, so you will not put on excess weight.

Boorelu

Boorelu is a tasty sweet dish for Ugadi. It is prepared with Bengal gram, jaggery or sugar and coconut. To enjoy the festive season with sweet dishes, check out boorelu recipe.

Ariselu

Ariselu is a popular sweet recipe which is prepared on Ugadi in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. This sweet dish is known by many other names such as the kajjaya, athirasam etc. in different parts of South India. This delicious sweet recipe is prepared with rice flour and jaggery.

Pesarapappu Payasam

It is basically a South Indian recipe for payasam or kheer. Pesarapappu Payasam is made of moong dal and therefore has a rich yellow colour after preparation.