Significance Of Ugadi Pachadi

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Ugadi is the beginning of a new year for the people of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and other parts of South India. A new year is a new beginning for a lot of things. People start their new business or any new investment or buy new property on this day because it is considered auspicious.

Many other similar rituals are associated with this festival. For example cleaning the house and making beautiful Rangoli at the entrance of the house. Likewise another most important ritual of Ugadi is preparing a special kind of chutney known as the Ugadi Pachadi or Shadruchulu. It is a must have item on the Ugadi menu. It is a tasty dish made with a lot of healthy ingredients. The Pachadi has six different tastes assimilated in it- sweet, salty, bitter, tangy, spicy and sour. All of these tastes represents the different facets of life.

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So, apart from being a tasty dish, the Ugadi Pachadi is significant in many other ways. Do you want to know about the significance of Ugadi Pachadi? Then read on.

Bitterness

The bitter taste of the Pachadi comes from the neem flowers. The bitter taste are the unhappy moments of life. Bitter moments are also a part of life and so it should not be forgotten.

Sweetness

The sweet taste comes from the jaggery. The sweet taste are the happy moments of life.

Tangy

The tangy taste of the Pachadi is from the unripe mango. Ugadi marks the beginning of the mango season. Hence mango represents the surprise element of our life and that a person should always be prepared for it.

Spicy

The spicy taste comes from the red chilli powder. It represents the angry moments in life.

Salty

The salt represents the taste of life. The salty moments are necessary to make our lives interesting.

Sour

Tamarind adds the sour taste to the Pachadi. It represents the sour moments of life which along with other flavours make our lives worth living.