RAW MANGO PANNA

As the heat is already catching up, we get a clear indication on summers just round the corner. As the mercury goes soaring, chilled drinks are must have and what can be better than the flavour of the season i.e. raw green mango. No prizes for guessing the recipe we are referring to which is aam panna.

This can be used as the cooler for summer season and help greatly in beating the heat in the summer. At home avoid the unhealthy cold drinks in the summer and take recourse in the bountiful blessings that mother nature gives us.

Aam panna is slightly sour and sweet to taste with a hint of cardamom and blacksalt. You can make it with sugar or jaggery. If you do make it with sugar your aam panna is light creamish or pale in colour like mine. It prevents you from heat stroke and keeps the body cool. Raw mangoes are rich in vitamin C and iron, plus if jaggery is added then gives an iron boost. Mint, the well known mouth and breath freshner that is scientifically known as mentha. Every ingredient here plays an important contributing to the taste, flavour and texture. 

The raw unripe mango is tart and pulpy, the mint is usual summer favourite for the cool and the fresh, cumin makes it smoky and the salt add the flavour which can not be substituted by any other. So here is the recipe of raw mango panna or aam panna, hope you like it.

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INGREDIENTS:

2 Medium Sized Raw Mangoes

1/2 inch Ginger

2-3 Cardamoms [ crushed or powdered]

½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Powder

1 Teaspoon Roasted Cumin Powder

15-20 Mint Leaves

Salt Pinchful / Blacksalt

Sugar/ Jaggery Powder [double the amount of the mango pulp or as per needed]

3 ½ Cup Water

METHOD:

STEP 1 – First wash the mangoes and remove the stem part. 

STEP 2 - Add water and pressure cook them for 3-4 whistles till they become soft and pulpy and let them cool. [ you may remove the skin with a peeler before or after pressure cooking]

STEP 3 – If the skin is not removed before pressure cooking then remove it after cooling the mangoes.  Collect the pulp in a clean bowl.

STEP 4 – Now take out the pulp and add cardamom powder, ginger,mint leaves, salt, sugar to the pulp in mixer jar. 

STEP 4 - Mix well all the ingredients or blend to make it smooth puree.

STEP 4 – The thick concentrate aam panna is ready to store. Store it in  air tight container or bottle.

Time for serving: 

At the time of serving, Just sprinkle and mixe some cumin powder, kashmiri chilli powder, black salt, regular salt and powdered sugar in the plate. Now wet your glass rim with water or you can put the glasses in the freezer for some time and dip the rim in the cumin powder-sugar mix.

Add ¼ glass the concentrated aam panna and ¾ glass water with some ice cubes in it and serve.

Serve the ready aam panna chilled and garnished with extra mint leaves to feel refreshing.

 NOTE:  *Add more sugar if needed at the time of serving.

              * You can store this in air tight bottle in refrigerator for 5-7 days.