Kalyana Sweet Pachadi | Mixed Fruits Sweet Pachadi
Sweet Pachadi is one of the integral part of South Indian Thali especially Tamilnadu Lunch Platter. It is a traditional pachadi served in banana leaf during auspicious events like marriages. There is a procedure in serving dishes in a banana leaf. We start with payasam, then we proceed with salt and sweet Pachadi then followed by poriyal and kootu. Sweet Pachadi can be made just with tomato or beetroot puree. Tomato puree or beetroot puree is usually cooked with sugar to make a thick syrup like consistency. Instead of plain sweet pachadi, we can enhance the pachadi by adding mixed fruits. Fruits have sugar in themselves which are added to sugar syrup to make it much more interesting.
There are 2 ways to make Mixed Fruits Sweet Pachadi
- We can make a sugar syrup with one string consistency and then add the mixed fruits, mix well and serve.
- We first prepare tomato sweet pachadi (with tomato puree or beetroot puree) and then toss the mixed fruits. In this recipe we are making sweet pachadi with tomato puree and mixed fruits.
Tips for making Mixed Fruits Sweet pachadi:
- Wash the tomatoes thoroughly and grind it to a smooth paste. We need clear tomato juice so pass it through the strainer to make sure we have clear tomato juice.
- Instead of tomato, we can use beetroot also. We can either grind the beetroot or we can grate and cook with sugar syrup.
- Cook the tomato and sugar together till you get a thick sticky syrup like consistency.
- Mixed fruits are our choice. I have used mango, apple, banana, grapes, dates, raisins and cashews. I didn’t have pineapple so added pineapple essence. You can add cubed melon, pineapple, pear etc.
- Allow the fruits to sit in the tomato-sugar syrup for about 1 hour. The syrup needs some time to seep into the fruits and get incorporated.
- Store in air-tight container and refrigerate to have a longer shelf life. We can use it for upto one week.
If you like this Kalyana Sweet Pachadi, then you can also try other Pachadi recipes
- Tomato Pachadi – Tomato Pachadi, a thick yogurt based dip made with cooked tomato and tempering. Relish this tomato pachadi with Sambar, Rasam or any kuzhambu variety.
- Vendakkai Thayir Pachadi – Tomato Pachadi, a thick yogurt based dip made with cooked tomato and tempering. Relish this tomato pachadi with Sambar, Rasam or any kuzhambu variety.
- Nellikai Thayir Pachadi – Nellikai Thayir Pachadi | Gooseberry Raita, a traditional South Indian Pachadi or raita that is a perfect accompaniment for Poricha Kuzhambu, Sambar and Rasam! It’s made usually for Dwadasi to break the Ekadasi fasting.
Recipe Card for Kalyana Sweet Pachadi | Mixed Fruits Sweet Pachadi:
Kalayana Sweet Pachadi Recipe | Mixed Fruits Sweet Pachadi Recipe
Equipments Needed
- Mixer Grinder
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 2 nos Tomato Big size, roughly chopped
- ¼ Cup Mango Cubed (1 cup = 250 ml)
- ¼ Cup Grapes preferably seedless
- ¼ Cup Banana Sliced
- ¼ Cup Apple Cubed
- ¼ Cup Dates Chopped
- 2 tbsp Golden Raisins
- 2 tbsp Cashews
- 1 Cup Sugar
- ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
- 2-3 drops Pineapple Essence optional
Instructions
Prepare Tomato Juice
- Take the chopped tomatoes in a mixer jar.
- Grind the tomatoes to a smooth paste.
- Pass the tomato juice through a strainer, and take clear tomato juice.
Cooking Tomato-Sugar Syrup
- Heat a pan. Add the strained tomato juice. Cook the tomato juice for 2-3 mins.
- Then add the sugar to the pan. Mix well. The sugar will melt completely and the tomato-sugar mixture looks very watery in conisistency.
- Slowly the tomato-sugar mixture gets thicker and the mixture becomes sticky and syrup like consistency.
Making Mixed Fruits Sweet Pachadi
- Now, the tomato-sugar syrup is ready, Let's add the chopped fruits and nuts.
- Mix the fruits well with the syrup.
- Finally add cardamom powder, pinapple essence and give a mix.
- Allow the sweet pachadi to sit for 1 hour so that the syrup seeps and incorporates well with the mixed fruits.
Serving
- Serve the delicious mixed fruits sweet pachadi! This pachadi stays good for 3-5 days if refregirated.
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INSTRUCTIONS WITH STEP BY STEP PICTURES:
PREPARE TOMATO JUICE
- Take the chopped tomatoes in a mixer jar.
- Grind the tomatoes to a smooth paste.
- Pass the tomato juice through a strainer, and take clear tomato juice.
- Clear Tomato juice is now ready!
COOKING TOMATO-SUGAR SYRUP
- Heat a pan. Add the strained tomato juice. Cook the tomato juice for 2-3 mins.
- Then add the sugar to the pan. Mix well. The sugar will melt completely and the tomato-sugar mixture looks very watery in conisistency.
- Slowly the tomato-sugar mixture gets thicker and the mixture becomes sticky and syrup like consistency.
MAKING MIXED FRUITS PACHADI
- Now, the tomato-sugar syrup is ready, Let’s add the chopped fruits and nuts. Mix the fruits well with the syrup.
- Finally add cardamom powder, pinapple essence and give a mix.
- Allow the pachadi to sit for 1 hour so that the syrup seeps and incorporates well with the mixed fruits.
SERVING
- Serve the delicious mixed fruits sweet pachadi! This pachadi stays good for 3-5 days if refregirated.
Wow! Had this in a friend’s wedding in Chennai and always wondered how they made this! Thanks much.
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Made this for Mother’s day
Good. Made this for Mother’s day. Everyone liked.
Good one. I made this for Mother’s day. Everyone liked.
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