Ugadi 2024: Celebrate New Year With These 5 Delicious and Nutritious Dishes

The Ugadi festival is celebrated annually to mark the beginning of the Telugu New Year. Also referred to as Yugadi, the festival is celebrated with zest and fervor in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. This year Ugadi is being celebrated today on Tuesday, April 9. As per the Hindu calendar, Ugadi is celebrated in the month of Chaitra.

Festivities are incomplete without flavourful cuisines. Interestingly, every festival has its own significance and traditional dishes. Check out these traditional recipes to try this Ugadi which are healthy and mouth-watering too.

5 Healthy Ugadi Recipes Perfect for Home Cooking

1. Lemon RiceThis simple yet delicious South Indian dish is loved by all. Lemon Rice is easy to cook and rich in vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates. For its preparation, cook the rice first and let it cool down for a few minutes. Take a pan, heat up the oil, and add some mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves and peanuts. Finally add the cooked rice to it and mix everything well. And it’s ready to serve it hot.
2. PulihoraPulihora is another popular rice dish, but this time made up of tamarind. For the cooking procedure, you need to follow the same steps as mentioned in the lemon rice preparation. Just simply replace lemon juice with grated ginger, tamarind paste, jaggery and turmeric powder. Mix it well till it becomes thick like a paste and then add the rice to the mixture and mix it well. This dish is a high source of carbohydrates.
3. KosumbariA typical south Indian salad made with some pulses. This uncooked salad is healthy and nutritious as it contains split beans, mustard seeds and curry leaves. This easy to cook recipe is rich in protein. It is best for your evening snacks.
4. Obbattu SaaruThe sweet and spicy curry dish is rich in flavours and nutrients. Obbattu is traditional south Indian sweet flat bread and Saaru refers to a spicy and sweet thin curry. It is very light and easily digestible.
5. BobbatluTry Bobbatlu this Ugadi. It’s a traditional dessert made with jiggery, coconut and lentils. To prepare it, take soaked chana dal, grind it and make a paste of it and then add jiggery, coconut to the mixture. Mix them well and make small balls. Roll out a small portion of processed flour dough and place the ready mixture in the center. Cook it until it gets golden brown from both sides.