How to make Home-made Aam Panna?

To cope with the scorching heat of the summer, we tried many things. We increase fluid intake in different forms, it may be juices, soups, soft drinks, summer drinks, lassi, chaas etc.

Among various types of summer drinks, some are healthy whereas others are not healthy, rather they are detrimental to our health.

Among the common people, the consumption of soft drinks has increased by several folds. Soft drinks are the sources of simple sugars and empty calories, providing no nutrients. Moreover, they contain artificial colours, flavours, and preservatives.

Commercially available fruit juices are also loaded with a lot of sugar. They provide only small amounts of fruits. So, regular consumption of preserved fruit juices is not healthy for us.

It is always better to replace unhealthy drinks with healthy drinks.

Summer is the season for our favourite fruit mango. Fresh raw mango is widely available at low cost in the local market as well as in mango gardens.

Aam panna is a commercially available syrup which is used to prepare instant summer drinks. Only 2 tablespoons of Aam panna is adequate to prepare a glass of refreshing summer drink.

Aam panna syrup can be prepared at home using fresh raw mango. Home-made Aam panna is the healthier alternative to commercially available Aam panna because it does not contain any preservatives, artificial colour or flavour. Today, I like to share the recipe for preparing homemade Aam panna.

Try these refreshing drinks this summer and beat the heat.

Pre-Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients Required

1. Raw mango: 500g

2. Black salt: 5g

3. Black pepper: 10 g

4. Sugar: 200g

5. Cumin seeds (Jeera): 5g

6. Fennel seeds (saunf): 5g

7. Lemon: 1

Pre-Preparation Method:

Collection of good quality fresh raw mango from the local market.

Peeling of raw mangoes, discarding the seeds and cutting them into cubes.

Preparation Method:

Take the raw mango cubes in a pressure cooker and cook for 5 minutes.

Cool the content and strain the water.

Roast cumin seeds and fennel seeds together for 1 minute and grind them together.

Take the cooked mango pieces in a grinder jar, add the required amount of black pepper powder black salt and freshly prepared jeera snauf powder mix and sugar.

Grind all the ingredients together and collect the freshly prepared Aam panna in a glass bowl.

Extract the juice from a lemon and add it to the Aam panna and mix well.

Storage of Homemade Aam Panna

Cool the freshly prepared Aam panna.

Take a dry clean glass bottle, fill it with freshly prepared aam panna and cover it.

Keep the Aam panna in the refrigerator.

Preparation of Sarbat

Take a glass of water, add 2 tablespoons of Aam panna syrup and 2 ice cubes. Mix well and serve.

Health benefits

• This drink is a healthy alternative to soft drinks.

• It will quench your thirst by supplying water, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

• It does not contain any artificial colour, flavour or preservatives

Dr Sagarika Chakraborty,

PhD in Food and Nutrition

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