Ugadi Pachadi: Mix of 6 Ingredients Offers Enormous Health Benefits

Yugadi or Ugadi is celebrated by people living in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka with great enthusiasm; it is the arrival of spring season.

Ugadi Pachadi is a combination of 6 basic ingredients; they include Tamarind, Jaggery, Neem, Chilli, Mango and Salt. They above ingredients reflect various emotions of life; they are disgust, happiness, surprise, bitterness, fear and anger. Neem

Every part of the Neem tree such as the bark of the stem, flowers and leaves have medicinal value, they help treat varied skin infections, viral fever, diabetes and malaria. When Neem is consumed along with raw mango and tamarind, it helps increase the immunity of the human body. It also helps kill intestinal parasites.

Raw mango helps improve the elasticity of the blood vessels; it also helps in the formation of new blood vessels. It offers relief from acidity as well as chest burns. They help in secretion of the bile and bacterial infections of the intestine are also cleansed.

Jaggery helps in detoxifying the liver by removing the harmful toxins from the body. The above ingredient used in the Ugadi Pachadi contains high amount of zinc, oxidant selenium, these help prevent free radical damage and help develop better immunity to fight against varied infectious diseases.

Tamarind, an important ingredient in the Ugadi Pachadi helps improve the digestion as well as help ease the stomach from any discomfort. It also helps in reducing the inflammation throughout the body and it lowers the cholesterol level. Tamarind also tends to improve the skin conditions.

Take five cups of water, two tablespoon of peeled and chopped raw mango; take around one tablespoon of Neem flower and three tablespoon of Jaggery. Next step would be to extract around one teaspoon of tamarind, Red Chili Powder as well as Salt as per the taste. Mix all these ingredients and your Ugadi Pachadi is ready.