విరోధి నామ సంవత్సర ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు.
Neem flowers - as required ( thanks to the Indian grocery store for carrying the dried Neem flowers. If you don't have these, use anything with bitter in taste like Bitter goard/Karela).
Ugadi marks the beginning of Telugu new year. It is believed that the creator Lord Brahma started creation on this day - Chaitra suddha padhyami or the Ugadi day.
Traditionally, we celebrate Ugadi by listening to panchangam or yearly calendar ("Panchangasravanam" - predictions for the year) and having the Ugadi pachhadi, which includes all the 6 tastes(Shadruchulu - bitter, tangy, sweet, salt, sour, and hot).
Ingredients:
Neem flowers - as required ( thanks to the Indian grocery store for carrying the dried Neem flowers. If you don't have these, use anything with bitter in taste like Bitter goard/Karela).
Tamarind - Lemon size
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery - as required
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Raw Mango - 1/4 cup (small pieces)
- Soak tamarind in water for 1 hour. Extract the tamarind juice.
- Add jaggery, salt, chilli powder, Mango pieces to the tamarind juice.
- Add Neem flowers to this juice. And serve with all the ingredients.
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