Showing posts with label paramannam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paramannam. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2014
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 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.
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