Panakam Recipe | Panakam for Sri Rama Navami
Panakam also known as Panagam or Panaka is a traditional South Indian cooling beverage primarily made from jaggery, water, and aromatic spices. It is made during Sri Rama Navami.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Jaggery
- 2 ltr Water
- 1 tsp Dry Ginger Powder
- 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 2 or 3 Cardamom
- 2 Leaves Tulsi Leaves
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Soak jaggery in water for about an hour or more.
- Let the jaggery melts completely.
- Once the jaggery melted, filter it if found any impurities.
- Add dry ginger powder, black pepper powder and cardamom powder.
- We can add the readily available powders or we can make fresh powders of them and mix.
- Mix all of them well and add lemon juice.
- Refrigerate panakam for half an hour and serve chilled.
- If offering to the deity, add tulsi leaves and offer.
- Serve chilled panakam whenever feels like.
Notes
This recipe requires no specific notes. It can be made easily even by kids too.
So enjoy the panakam without worries.