Aam Panna

About this Recipe...

Aam Panna is a Indian summer cooler, famous for its heat resistant properties. It is made with raw green mango, mint leaves and few spices and it is lightly green in color. This tangy drink is considered as a very healthy and tasty drink and it can fight against the intensive heat strokes.

The consistency of this drink is quite watery and there is no particular measurement of sugar, salt and spices. You can definitely adjust water and spices as per your preference. It has the perfect balance of sweetness and sourness.

This is the season of mango and raw mangoes are easily available in indian grocery stores here in USA. Though the weather is not that much hot here but by seeing plenty of mangoes in stores, I got the perfect excuse to make this drink at home. You can make this drink and store in in refrigerator for at least upto 1 week. So whenever you feel like drinking some cooler, just open your refrigerator and have it.

Ingredients

• 1 Medium size Raw mango
• 1/4 Cup Mint leaves
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Black salt
• 1/4 tsp Roasted cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder
• 3 Tbsp Sugar
• 4 Cups Cold water

Directions

1. Wash the mango and put it into a pressure cooker with sufficient amount of water.
2. Cook it for 3-4 whistles and switch off the flame.
3. Let it cool down and then peel the skin of the mango and get the pulp with the help of a spoon.
4. Now transfer the mango pulp in a blender along with rest of the ingredients and water and blend everything nicely.
5. Your refreshing Aam panna is ready, pour it in a serving glass and serve it with iced cubes.
6. Sometime, I make Aam Panna w/o mint leaves also, it also tastes equally good.
   

Notes:

1. Instead of boiling the mango in pressure cooker, you can roast it in stove top or oven. It will give a nice smoky taste. 
2. If the mango is too fibrous, then stain it before making the panna.
3. You can replace jaggery with sugar.
4. The measurement of spices depends upon your taste, you can increase or decrease it.