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Ugadi 2024: 7 traditional dishes you MUST try

Ugadi, South India's New Year celebration, blends cultural richness with culinary delights like Ugadi Pachadi and Obbattu, fostering joy and unity

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Pulihora (Tamarind Rice)

Pulihora is made with cooked rice mixed with a spicy and tangy tamarind sauce. It's typically seasoned with mustard seeds, curry leaves, dried red chillies, and peanuts

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Ugadi Pachadi

This is a special dish prepared with a combination of six tastes - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, tangy, and spicy

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Obbattu (Puran Poli)

This is a sweet flatbread stuffed with a mixture of chana dal (split chickpeas), jaggery, cardamom, and grated coconut. It's a delicious treat enjoyed during Ugadi

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Bobbatlu (Polelu)

Similar to Obbattu, Bobbatlu is another sweet flatbread but with a slightly different preparation method and filling. It's also made with a stuffing of chana dal, jaggery, cardamom

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Mango Rice (Mavinakayi Chitranna)

Mango rice is a flavorful dish made by mixing cooked rice with a tempering of mustard seeds, curry leaves, peanuts, turmeric, and grated raw mango

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Holige (Obbattu)

It's made by stuffing a dough with a mixture of lentils, jaggery, coconut, and cardamom, then rolled out and cooked on a griddle

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Bisi Bele Bath

This is a traditional rice-based dish from Karnataka, made with rice, lentils, vegetables, tamarind, and a special spice blend. It's a flavorful and wholesome dish

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