Nendram Pazham Pachadi

Nendram Pazham Pachadi 

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Nendram pazham Pachadi is a sweet tangy side dish served for Onam Sadhya. This can also be served with roti, rice, dosa etc.

A simple, delicious side dish which takes hardly 15 minutes to prepare. 

Ingredients:

Nendram pazham- 2 nos

Tamarind juice- 2 tablespoons 

Jaggery- 2 tablespoons 

Grated coconut- 1/2 cup

Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp

Green chilli- 1 

Turmeric powder- 1 pinch

Salt to taste

Tempering:

Oil- 1tsp

Fenugreek seeds- 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

Red chilli- 1 no

Curry leaves few

Method:

# Slice Nendram pazham....add tamarind juice and 1/4 cup of water, salt and turmeric and cook well.

# Grind grated coconut, cumin seeds and green chilli to a fine paste.

# Once Nendram pazham is cooked well add the grinded paste, jaggery. Let it boil well. Switch off the flame.

# Temper with mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, red chilli. 

Serve this super delicious dish with rice/ roti/ Dosa.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Orange Peel Pachadi

Orange Peel Pachadi

Orange Pachadi is a South Indian special recipe with sweet, tangy and slightly bitter in taste. This is prepared with orange peel. 

For this pachadi we need to remove the white covering from the orange peel as it gives a bitter taste. Wash and chop the orange peel.

Ingredients:

Orange peel chopped - 1 cup

Tamarind juice - 1 cup (thick juice)

Jaggery - 1/2 cup

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Methi / Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

Channa dal - 1 tsp

Asafatedia - 1/2 tsp

Red chillies - 2 nos

Oil - 1 tsp

Salt - according to your taste

Method:

# Pressure cook orange peel for 2 whistles.

# In a pan add oil...once heated add mustard, fenugreek, red chillies, channa dal. Let it spluter well.

# Add cooked orange peel, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt, tamarind juice. Mix and  let it boil well.

# Add jaggery and simmer the stove.

# It will thicken in 10-15 minutes. Add asafatedia and switch off the stove.

Orange Pachadi is ready to serve. You can store in refrigerator for more than one month.

Do try and provide your comments.

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Raw Mango Pachadi

Raw Mango Pachadi
Raw Mango Pachadi is also called as Arusuvai Pachadi which means 6 tastes. This is prepared for Tamil New Year.

For Tamil New Year we add Neem flower for bitter taste but today I am adding methi seeds.

The 6 tastes or Arusuvai we get from:
Sour - Raw Mango
Sweet - Jaggery
Spicy - Green chillis
Bitter - Neem flower or Methi seeds
Salty - Salt
Astringent - Turmeric

Ingredients:

Raw Mango - 1 big
Green chillis - 1 medium size
Jaggery - 100 grms / 3/4 cup
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Oil - few drops
Curry leaves few
Salt to taste

Method:

# Chop raw mango add turmeric and little water and cook well.

# Add salt, green chillis, jaggery and boil well.
# Once it comes together switch off the stove.

# Heat little oil, add mustard, methi seeds and curry leaves and pour it in manga pachadi.
Mix well and serve.
Pl. do try and provide your comments.
Thank you!