Name: Maangai Pacchadi / Raw Mango dip- tamil new year special recipe recipe by Priya Vijaykrishnan at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 raw mango peeled - cut in small cubes; 3/4 cup jaggery; 2 dried chillies; 1 teaspoon mustard seeds; 2 teaspoon oil; Pinch of turmeric; Pinch of asafoetida; Pinch of salt

ABOUT Maangai Pacchadi / Raw Mango dip- tamil new year special recipe RECIPE

Maanga Pachadi/ Raw Mango dip is a traditional recipe prepared for Tamil New Year. Dried Neem flowers (vepam poo) is fried in ghee and added to the pachadi when making it for New year. On other occasions it can be optional. This pachadi has a burst of flavours like sourness from the mango,sweetness from the jaggery, spiciness from red chillies and bitterness from the neem flowers and savoury from the salt which is a symbolic representation of our human life which is also a mixed bag of ups and downs.

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 raw mango peeled - cut in small cubes
3/4 cup jaggery
2 dried chillies
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
2 teaspoon oil
Pinch of turmeric
Pinch of asafoetida
Pinch of salt

Instructions

In a kadai, heat the oil, temper the mustard seeds, dry red chillies, asafoetida and add the mango pieces and saute it till oil coats over the mango.
Dissolve the jaggery in some hot water and filter it for any impurities.
Add a pinch of salt, haldi and about 1/2 cup water and let the mangoes cook until soft.
Now, add the jaggery water and let the mixture come to a rolling boil.
After about 5-10 minutes, the mixture turns thick and saucy. Turn off the stove at this stage and let it cool down. The neem flowers if being used can be roasted in a spoon of ghee and added at this stage.

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