Watch Making of Bobbatlu Recipe Video | Ingredients of Bobbatlu | Ugadi Special Recipe

By malli on March 15th, 2010

Watch Making of Bobbatlu Recipe Video | Ingredients of Bobbatlu | Ugadi Special Recipe

Today we are celebrating Ugadi, the Telugu New Year Day, which is the first festival of our Telugu calendar and the first big festival that comes after Sankranti.

Our Andhra festival is known by different names in different states of India like “Gudi Padwa” in Maharastra and “Ugadi” in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Whatever the name this festival takes in different regions, it heralds the dawn of Vasanth Rutu (Spring Season), which is considered the first season of the year (Chaitra Maasam). Ugadi to the Telugu speaking people marks a beginning of a new year in which nature is in full bloom, symbolizing regeneration and celebrating the season’s freshness.

1. Ugadi Pachadi

Ugadi Pachadi – sweet, bitter chutney reflecting the different flavors of life

On this Auspicious day Mainly Two items of Recipe’s are made known as Pachadi & Bobbatlu.

1. Pachadi ingredients – mango, tamarind, jaggery, salt, chilli pwd, neem flower

Ugadi Pachadi Recipe

Prep & Cooking: 20-30 mts

Makes approx 35-40 punukulu

Ingredients:

1 cup of raw fresh mango cleaned, dried, finely chopped along with skin

1 tbsp margosa flowers (neem tree flowers)

1 cup grated jaggery

1 tbsp fresh finely chopped coconut pieces (optional)

3 -4 tbsp tamarind paste

red chilli pwd (according to your choice)

salt to taste

1 Mix all the above ingredients to form a sauce like appearence.I f you want a thin and watery chutney add very little water (2-3 tbsps). You can also add small pieces of sugarcane, pieces of ripe banana, putanaala pappu (roasted channa dal) along with the above ingredients.

Note:

Each home has its own version of preparing the ugadi pachadi but the main ingredients (reflecting all the six flavors) are as specified above.

2. BOBBATLU :

Ingredients :

For Stuffing:

1/2 Cup Bengal gram dal
3/4 cups sugar / jaggery powdered
1 tsp Cardamom powder

For covering:

1/4 cup maida
1/4 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup oil

Preparation :

1. Pressure cook the dal with 1 1/2 cup water and drain out extra water.
2. Mash the dal, add the sugar,cardamom powder, a pinch of salt mix well and allow it to cool.
3. In a bowl, mix the maida, wheat flour, salt,4 tablespoons oil,add water drop by drop and knead well the dough.
3. Knead until the dough becomes very soft and pliable and keep aside for 2 hours.
4. Make small balls of the mashed dal and keep aside.
5. After 2 hours again knead the dough and make 1 inch balls from the dough.
6. Roll the dough balls in rolling pin, the edges should be thin and in the centre should be thick, into disc shape.
7. Put the sweet dal ball in the centre of the disc and seal the disc in circular shape.
8. Again press the circle in between palms like roti.
9. Heat oil in griddle, put the roti and cook for 5 minutes in low heat and flip the other side, cook for another 4 minutes.

Watch Making of Bobbatlu Video :