Ugadi Pachadi is a traditional dish prepared during Ugadi, the New Year festival celebrated in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Authentic Ugadi pachadi recipe is a symbolic mix of six ingredients with six different flavors—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, spicy, and tangy—representing the different experiences of life. The ingredients typically include jaggery (sweet), tamarind (sour), Pepper (spicy), salt (salty), neem flowers (bitter) and raw mango (tangy). I have shared the images below.

Each flavor represents a different aspect of life: sweetness symbolizes happiness, sourness represents challenges, bitterness signifies sorrow, spiciness reflects anger, saltiness denotes surprises, and tanginess represents new beginnings. This dish signifies the acceptance of both good and bad in life and is an essential part of the festive celebration.

Ugadi pachadi is the first dish people taste on this festival day after the pooja. This year 2025, Ugadi festival is celebrated on March 30th, Sunday. I wish all my friends a very happy Ugadi. Though we don’t celebrate this festival at home, I love Ugadi pachadi and poli / Bobattlu with coconut stuffing. My Telugu friends here and in Andhra celebrate this festival in a grand manner. I asked them about their lunch menu for ugadi and they gave me a big list. But I thought of trying this easy and famous ugadi pachadi and obbatu recipe among them. I got these recipes from my friend Megha. She said obattu and ugadi pachadi will be in their menu for sure. Other than this, they prepare te following

UGADI RECIPES

Last but not the least check out my Varalakshmi Vratham Recipes video where I shared 9 prasadam recipes which you can make for Ugadi festival as well. Ok, Lets see how to make Andhra Ugadi festival special, easy, no cook Ugadi pachadi recipe with photos.

Ugadi Pachadi Recipe | Andhra Ugadi Recipes

Chitra

Check out the authentic Ugadi pachadi recipe with 6 ingredients. It is the traditional dish prepared on Ugadi festival day with 6 different taste and ingredients that denotes 6 emotions of life.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Course Drinks, Festival recipes

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

1 to 2 cups Water
1 tsp Tamarind extract Gooseberry size
¼ cup Raw mango finely chopped, Use baby mango for best taste.
3 tbsp Grated jaggery
½ tsp Pepper powder 10 to 15 pepper corns
1 tbsp Crushed Neem flower I used dried one, fresh is the best
¼ tsp Salt

Some people also add ripe banana pieces, coconut bits, few pieces of sugar cane and roasted gram dal / fried chana dal which is optional.

Instructions

Wash and chop the raw mango pieces finely. Soak tamarind in water and take the extract using 1 cup of water.
If the jaggery has impurities, you can dissolve the jaggery in little water, strain it and then add to the tamarind water.
In a bowl, take the raw mango pieces, tamarind extract, pepper powder or red chilli powder, grated jaggery, salt, neem flower and mix well.
Add little water to adjust the consistency based on your liking.
Some like it to have it thick and some likes to be thin. Please add water accordingly.
Offer to God on Ugadi festival day and enjoy !

Notes

For variations, use red chilli powder instead of pepper powder.

Use Baby mango for best and mild sour taste.

Some people also add few coconut pieces.

Some also add small pieces of sugar cane, puttani /fried gram dal

Adjust the taste and consistency as per your taste.

Addition of fresh neem flowers is the best. It helps to purify the blood. You can use dried ones if you don’t get fresh neem leaves. But its a must to add.

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April 10, 2013 at 6:25 am

Looks super yummy,Chitra!! :)
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Lifewithspices

April 10, 2013 at 6:45 am

Sooperr Chitra..too good

Nilu A

April 10, 2013 at 7:17 am

Happy Ugadi Chitra… Love your poli recipe :-)

Vimitha Durai

April 10, 2013 at 9:18 am

Love that puran poli.. Looks so soft and yum
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Priya Suresh

April 10, 2013 at 9:23 am

Happy Ugadi wishes Chitra, both poli and pachadi are fabulous,cant imagine ugadi without these two.

Shri

April 10, 2013 at 10:20 am

Happy Ugadi to you too Chitra; Poli and pacchadi looks delicious

April 10, 2013 at 10:25 am

delicious poli and pachadi!!! we also prepare poli and pachadi for tamil new year…
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cookingwithsapana

April 10, 2013 at 10:39 am

Looks yummy . Seems like a tradition to prepare in your festival Ugadi!

Jeyashris Kitchen

April 10, 2013 at 11:35 am

Tempting polis and nice pachadi too

Priya Elias

April 10, 2013 at 12:17 pm

I love it that the pachadi is a no-cook one. Looks like a must try :) Love the polis too!

Home Cooked food

April 10, 2013 at 1:43 pm

temepting dish.

divya

April 10, 2013 at 2:08 pm

looks awesome n yummy..

meena

April 10, 2013 at 3:03 pm

love the simple pachadi,medley of variety flavor.

Nava K

April 10, 2013 at 3:17 pm

I will definately dig into the mango pachadi because I have a high liking for savory dishes with mangoes.

Mahi

April 10, 2013 at 5:11 pm

There is a sheet available for making poll? Wow..India engayo poyiruchu pongka! :)

This coconut opputtu is the one we make in our households. We never make channa dal poll! We used to fry the coconut till it becomes dry and light brown in color, then grind it with jaggery-elaichi, and that is the stuffing! Now there are lot more easy methods have come. :)

Nice post Chitra!