Ellarigu, Ugadhiya Hardhika Subhashayagalu. Today, April 9th is celebrated as Ugadi by the people belonging to the states of Karnataka, Andhra and as Guddi Padwa by the Orissa folks. As part of this festival, Krishnan, HarishT and myself were invited by Suresh and family to have the Ugadhi feast. Suresh is a Teluguite and is from Hyderabad. He had invited us for the lunch. DK came to my house at around 12pm noon. We went to Mayuri and picked up some nice saffron ladoos(mouth watering!!!).We arrrived at Suresh's house at around 12.45pm. He stays at the Colony Woods apartment in Bellevue. We had to search a little bit for his house but we figured out his house within a couple of mins. We went to his house and were welcomed by his wife and him. He has two cute kids, one daughter and one son. Daughter is 4 yrs old and the son is nearly one year old. His B'day is coming in the month of May (precisely on 15th).
Usually the lunch time is around 1 or 1:30pm but since harisht had caught up with some work we waited until he came. In the meantime, we had nice Vadas as appetizers.:-)
Harish came at around 2:15pm and we chatted for around 20mins. Then we headed towards the dining table, where lots of items were kept. Here is the list of items that his wife had made by taking so much pain. Thanks to her.
Mango Rice, Ugadi Kichidi (this contains a mix of sweet and sour items), Vadas, Sambar, Papad, Plain Rice and two varities of pickles (Mango and Lemon). We finished our lunch at around 3:15pm. It was a very very HEAVY LUNCH:-).
Then we started to watch TV. Some crappy movie was playing. We chatted for around 45 mins regarding the Indian Film industry and how hopeless it has become these days. During that time Suresh told us the he read an article in Rediff about Narayana Murthy giving tips for the Indian Film industry. It seems that he has given a 5-pt plan to the Indian film industry. Hope NM is not venturing into the Film Industry:-) Here is the link to the site http://us.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/08murthy.htm
We then had Desserts served by Suresh's wife and it had 4 varieties of Ice Cream and Gulab Jamoon. I had 4 Jamoons and my stomach was really aching with fullness. Suresh told that Jamoon was a very good appetizer. It seems that if you have a very heavy meal and would like to digest it very fast have Jamoon with Ice cream. Hope that is true.
I initially thought that I will go to office and work, but because of eating sooooo much, I changed my mind and went home.
It was a fantastic Ugadi Celebration. Thanks to Suresh and his wife for showing us so much hospitality. I had home food that I was longing for months.
HAPPY CHANDRAMANA UGADI TO ALL OF U
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