The UGADI or TELUGU New year festival,which is the first festival of our Telugu calendar and the first big festival that comes after Sankranti.
Preparations for the festival begin a week ahead. Houses are given a thorough wash.
Shopping for New clothes and buying other items that go with the requirements of the festival are done with a lot of excitement.
On Ugadi day, People wake up before the break of dawn and take a head bath after which they decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh Mango leaves & "Rangoli" designs,which signifies prosperity and general well-being.New clothes for family members are arranged before the deity or in the puja room. Then family members are given new clothes.Now the family assembles in the Puja room.The Panchanga Puja is performed.Next is the usual arati on the deity and the panchanga.
Next Ugadi pachadi is eaten on empty stomach.The traditional puja ends here.
UGADI PACHADI is a special preparation prepared in every Andhra home on Telugu New Year’s day.It is made of new jaggery, raw mango pieces and neem flowers and new tamarind.The sweetness of jaggery, the sourness of tamarind, the bitterness of neemflower and the pungent flavour of the green mango skin, spice of the chilli powder ,raw tender mango’s taste and lastly salt form the six tastes of the pachadi.You can also add small pieces of sugarcane, pieces of ripe banana.
which truly reflect LIFE - a combination of sweet, sour and bitter tastes!
Bowl of pachadi looks sooo Yummy!
UGADI PACHADI is a special preparation prepared in every Andhra home on Telugu New Year’s day.It is made of new jaggery, raw mango pieces and neem flowers and new tamarind.The sweetness of jaggery, the sourness of tamarind, the bitterness of neemflower and the pungent flavour of the green mango skin, spice of the chilli powder ,raw tender mango’s taste and lastly salt form the six tastes of the pachadi.You can also add small pieces of sugarcane, pieces of ripe banana.
which truly reflect LIFE - a combination of sweet, sour and bitter tastes!
Bowl of pachadi looks sooo Yummy!
Of course, other than the special Pachadi we also prepare special foods with the use of raw mango like Lime rice,Green mango dal,mango pickle,mango coconut pickle,Aratikaya fry,papads & uppu mirapa"bobbatlu" ,payasam and garelu with steamed rice....
We Celebrate Ugadi Festival with double happiness,b'coz my Mothers BIRTHDAY is also on the same day...
We Celebrate Ugadi Festival with double happiness,b'coz my Mothers BIRTHDAY is also on the same day...
