Ugadi is the New Year’s Day for the people of the Telugu and Kannada communities in India. It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and adi (beginning): “the beginning of a new age”. Ugadi marks the first day of the new year. Chaitra is the first month in Panchanga which is the Indian calendar. In some parts of India, it is known as Vikram Samvat or Bhartiya Nav Varsh.
On this festival, people perform puja and prepare Ugadi pachadi. This is special for Ugadi festival only on this day people prepare Ugadi Pachadi.
Ugadi Pachadi is unique flavored pachadi (chutney) that epitomizes the spirit of Ugadi called “Ugadi Pachadi”,with sweet, sour, pungent and bitter tastes (shadhruchulu or six tastes). The significance of making this pachadi to know that life is the mixture of all emotions, happy, sad, good, bad, sorrow that we have to face them all.
Ingredients :
Neem flowers Petals: 2 tea spoons
Grated Raw mango: 2 Table spoons
Tamarind: A small lemon size ball.
Green chillies: ½ tea spoon (finely chopped)
Salt: quarter tea spoon
Jaggery (gud) : ½ Cup (powdered)
Banana (Ripe) : 1 No.(chopped to small pieces)
How to make Ugadi Pachadi?
Soak tamarind in water for 15 to 20 min. and make pulp. It should be thin and watery.(approximately 3 cups). Add some jaggery mix it well so that it dissolves completely. Them you can add neem flower petals, green chilies, Chopped banana, salt and mango pieces. Mix them well. Thus our Ugadi New Year Special Ugadi Pachadi. Other Special dishes “pulihora, bobbatlu” preparations made with raw mango go well with the occasion.
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