Ugadi Pachadi and Paramannam ( Sweet Rice pudding)

శ్రీకర నామ సంవత్సర ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు!!!!

Wishing all my readers and dear friends a very happy ugadi!!

Ugadi is a Telugu New year and on this day predictions are made for the New Year. The panchanga shravanam is done traditionally at temples.

Today I made Ugadi Pachadi and Paramannam (Rice pudding) as naivedyam (prasadam).

Ugadi Pachadi 

Ugadi pachadi is prepared of six tastes which consist of:

Source : wiki

• Neem Buds/Flowers for its bitterness, signifying Sadness
• Jaggery and ripe banana pieces for sweetness, signifying Happiness
• Green Chilli/Pepper for its hot taste, signifying Anger
• Salt for saltiness, signifying Fear
• Tamarind Juice for its sourness, signifying Disgust
• Unripened Mango for its tang, signifying Surprise

Ingredients:

Raw fresh mango  cleaned and chopped – 1 cup

Neem flowers – 1-2 tsp ( used dry flowers)

Jaggery grated – 1 cup

Fresh coconut pieces chopped – ½ cup

Tamarind paste – 3 -4 tsps

Ripe banana mashed – 1 no

Red chilli powder a pinch

Salt a pinch

Putanalu pappu/ roasted channa dal– 4 tsps

Preparation

• Mix all the above ingrediants well to form a fine mixture

Sweet Paramannam ( Rice pudding with jaggery)

Paramannam is a sweet rice pudding made using rice, jaggery and flavored with cardamom. This is prepared at the time of festivals  as naivedyam ( prasadam).

Ingredients:

Sona masuri Rice – 1cup

Milk – 2 1/2 cups

Water – 1 cup

Cashews and golden raisins – 1 cup

Ghee – 2 tsps

Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

Sagu – 2 tsps

Preparation

• In a pan add ghee and fry cashews and raisins to golden brown and keep aside
• Boil milk and water in a cooking bowl along with sagu.
• Add rice in above boiled milk and water and cook it to very tender.
• Melt the jaggery in water and simmer to plain syrup.
• Add jaggery syrup to cooked rice.
• Add fried cashews and raisins to rice mixture.
• Cook on medium heat until whole thing thickens and comes together.
• Add cardamom powder and mix well.
• Serve warm or cold.