Kairi Panha - Aam Panna
Kairi Panha is a sweet, tangy, and refreshing cold drink made with raw mangoes. It is an Indian drink made during the summer to beat the heat.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs Raw mangoes 2 mangoes
- 1.5 cup Jaggery/gur chopped
- 7-8 Saffron strands
- 3/4 tsp Cardamom powder
- 3/4 tsp Salt
Instructions
For Concentrate
- In a pan, soak raw mangoes for 15 minutes and clean them very well.
- Heat some water in a deep pan, add raw mangoes, and let them cook for about 30-35 minutes until they soften.
- Once the mangoes cool down, remove the peels and take out all the pulp. You can use a butter knife to remove the pulp from the peels.
- In a blending jar, add mango pulp, salt, jaggery, cardamom powder, and saffron. Blend it to make a smooth paste. Keep the panha concentrate in an airtight container.
For Panha
- Add 2 ¼ tbsp of concentrate in the glass, add some chilled water, and mix it well. You can add a pinch of salt or sugar if required. Add a few drops of lemon juice if the mangoes are not that sour and serve.
Notes
- You can use sugar instead of jaggery as well. For every 1 cup of pulp, add ¾ cup of sugar. If the mangoes are on a sweeter side, adjust the sugar amount.
- For each 1 cup mango pulp, you will need 1 cup of jaggery.
- If the raw mangoes are more sour then you may need to add more jaggery or sugar in the recipe. You can adjust the sweetness according to the sweetness or sourness of the mangoes.
- You can cook the mangoes in the pressure cooker as well. Add some water in the pressure cooker and add the washed mangoes in the steel container. Cook for 3 whistles.