Panna (Green Mango Drink)
Panna is a mango drink, also known as amras or amjhora. This is made with green cooking mangoes. Panna is a very popular beverage for hot summer days. Raw mango pulp with black salt, sugar, and mint has a very cooling effect against hot and dry wind.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 raw green cooking mango or 3 cups peeled and sliced
- About 1 cup sugar adjust to taste
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 11/2 teaspoon black salt
- 1 teaspoon dry roasted cumin seed powder
- 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
For Serving
- Some fresh mint leaves
- Ice cubes or crushed ice
Instructions
Method
- Peel the mango and slice them in large pieces and remove the seed.
- Boil the mango slices in about 2 cups of water till the mango slices are cooked well. It should take about 15 minutes.
- After mango cools off, mix all the ingredients with the mango. Add sugar and salt slowly by adjusting to the taste.
- Blend the mango mix and make a puree.
- Strain the mango puree and add about 5 glasses of 8 oz cups of water. Panna should be consistence of orange juice.
- Serve over the ice and put the fresh mint leave to garnish.
- Enjoy it!
Notes
Tips
- Depends on the mango you may have to adjust the sugar and salt.
- Before adding the water can be refrigerated for a week.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Pallavi Singh
October 14, 2016 at 4:21 amI has tried it in June and it was really delicious, but now i will add masala which you have described and well i hope it tastes more good.
Subhash
June 23, 2012 at 9:25 pmMy daughter is fond of your recipes and has made them a part of her daily cooking. Thanks for your delicious tips.
preety
June 20, 2011 at 2:36 pmhi aunty
you have any recipe that i can bake.i dont want fry.
Vivienne Dias
April 9, 2011 at 5:11 amServed it today, made from freshly plucked mangoes from our tree. All my friends enjoyed it very much, specially as the day was hot. Thansfor the recipe.
Priyanak
July 19, 2010 at 8:46 amsimply delicious aunty..my husband loves it..enjoying and thanking u everytime we drink this:))
wanted to know If I can store it longer than a week as other drink (like sharbat) ?
Thanks much
r
July 12, 2010 at 7:57 pmaunty,
i like ur recipes..so easy and delicious..thank you
Madhuri
July 12, 2010 at 4:51 pmGoing to try this soon, thanks for such a sweet and tangy recipe.
ganesh
July 9, 2010 at 11:23 pmthis is really good. Thanks a lot
Mangala Prabhu
July 9, 2010 at 5:04 pmThis looks like an awesome drink to relish on a hot summer day. thanks for sharing.
Mary
July 8, 2010 at 9:48 amThank you so much!! Panna saved my life in Jaipur during the heat. Thank you for giving the recipe and instructions.