Saturday, May 26, 2007

Aam ka Pannaa

Beat The Heat Series

Aam ka pannaa (or panaa) is summer time favorite drink particularly in North India. It is prepared from unripened mango and tastes sweet & sour. Taking it before leaving home in summer saves one from ill-effects of excessive heat and dehydration.

Ingredients

Unripened mango (Kachcha Aam)- 600 gm
Sugar- 150 gm
Roasted cumin seeds- one teaspoon
Red Chilly powder- ½ teaspoon
Table salt (white salt) -according to taste
Black salt - according to taste

Method

1. Boil the unripened mangoes in water till these soften properly. Take out the boiled mangoes and mash these in a bowl. Take out the pulp in the bowl and discard the skin & seeds.

2. Make fine paste of the pulp by properly mashing (by hand or in a mixer). Add sugar, roasted cumin powder, red chilly powder, table salt & black salt into pulp and mix 800 ml chilled water into it.

3. Serve it chilled (you can add crushed ice also).

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