May 26, 2011

Aam Ka Panna - Perfect Summer Drink

The summer vacation, during my school days, was always with my maternal grand parents. Those were the days without TV. All the day we used to play various games. While playing, we used to snack on cut raw mangoes sprinkled with salt and red chilli powder.  We used to smear the mangoes pieces with a paste mixed from red chilli powder, salt and coconut oil.   My mouth is watering as I type these.  The sour taste of the raw mangoes were balanced by the chilli and salt and coconut oil to reduce the heat of the chilli. Do try it once to know what I am talking about.

Now coming to the recipe of the post, its a drink made from the raw mangoes, perfect cooler to beat the summer heat.  The mangoes are cooked and the pulp is mixed with sugar and other spices to create a harmony of various flavors. The mangoes can be cooked with the skin on and later the skin has to be removed to extract the pulp. I find cooking the mangoes after removing the skin easier. You can choose either method according to your convenience.




You need

Large sized mangoes - 2 nos
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Roasted and powdered cumin - 2 tspn
Crushed pepper - 1/2tspn
Black salt - 1/2tspn


Method

Peel the skin of the mangoes and chop into big pieces. Take the chopped mangoes and the seeds in a pressure cooker. Add water enough to cover the mango pieces. Pressure cook for two whistles.  Meanwhile take half cup of sugar and 2 cups of water in a bowl and bring it to boil, till the sugar is dissolved fully. Leave it to cool. Open the pressure cooker and transfer the cooked mango pieces in a blender jar and pulse to get fine puree. Add the mango pulp to the sugar syrup. Stir in the cumin powder, crushed pepper and black salt. Stir well.  The concentrate is ready. The panna concentrate needs to be refrigerated else it will ferment faster.  Since no other preservative is added, this will have a maximum shelf life of one week, on refrigeration.

To serve, take one part of the concentrate, and mix in 3 parts of chilled water and stir well. Serve with a garnish of mint.

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21 comments:

  1. Woww, havent had aam ka panna since a long, feel like grabbing and finishing that whole glass rite now,irresistible!

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  2. Making me thirsty. What a refreshing drink Jayasree.

    Vardhini
    VardhinisKitchen

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  3. what a simple and thirst-quenching recipe :)

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  4. This looks really refreshing.Do send it to coolers and mocktails event @ simply.food.

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  5. Very refreshing and tasty looking drink. Just the right drink to beat the summer heat.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  6. I just love this...looks so yumm!!

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  7. Reminds me of my summer vacations J. Though I have heard a lot about aam panna, I have never tried it out 'coz somehow I can't imagine the combination of raw mangoes and sugar. Did you choose mangoes that were not too sour?

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  8. @Jayashree- Jay, I used not very sour mangoes, our kilimooku maanga kind. Once when I served to my guests, they couldn't identify the raw mango in it until I told them

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  9. I can drool with just the thought of maanga bhaddhai. Aam panna is something I tried much later and liked it too. A very refreshing summer cooler here Jay!

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  10. Mmmm..refreshing drink...had posted this at my space a few days back..

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  11. Perfect summer coolers. Love the display.

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  12. hv never tried this drink.. left with few raw mangoes..sure try..

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  13. drink reminds me of childhood days..

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  14. Never heard of a cooler with raw mangoes. The drink is so refreshing..

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  15. Absolutely refreshing drink. Looks fabulous.

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  16. Wow!!! finely i got to see this recipe. i have hard alot in daily soap's abt this drink but never got a chance to see or drink. this looks so perfect... i must try this...

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  17. I haven't tasted this one, looks perfect for summer days!

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