Mahalaya Amavasya also called ” Pitra Moksha Amavasya is a Hindu tradition dedicated to the pitra or ancestors . It is observed on the amavasya ( new moon day ) of the Bhadrapada  month . Mahalaya Amavasya is the last day of the 15 day long shrada rituals . This day is considered to be most auspicious as the shradha ritual of any deceased person can be performed on this day irrespective of the tithi . A time to express our thanks to our ancestors by preparing and offering specially prepared food . On this day devotees remember their ancestors  and pay homage to them and offer food , cloth and sweets to the Brahmins. The belief of offering food the dead ancestors is said to free their souls from the circle of life , so that they can  attaire salvation . The food offering made for the ancestors are cooked at home and offer typically on plantain leaf .  I have grown up seeing my elders doing all these rituals very religiously every year . The food offered during shradha varies from place to place . The spread I have shown here is what we cook in our family on the shradh tithi as an offering to ancestors and then all the family members have this  as Prasad .

Name of the food in this spread:

1 . Sprouted moong Ghasi , recipe is already in my previous blog .

2 . Varna

3 . Alle chutney ( Ginger chutney ) .

4 . Allasande ( yard beans ) sukke . Sukke recipe is in my previous blog .

5. Dundu ( a sweet and tangy side dish ) .

6 . Ghari ( black gram Vada ) .

7 . Umbari ( modak )

8 . Surana nonche ( yam pickle ) .

9 . Broken wheat payasam .

    10 . Phodi , I prepared two types of phodi one is banana’ s another is yam:s .

11 , Khotto .