Panakam | Panagam
Panakam is a refreshing spiced drink made using jaggery, water spiced with black pepper, ginger powder and flavoured with cardamom and lemon. Panakam is a special drink made for Sri Rama Navami festival.
Servings3
Ingredients
- 2 and 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup powdered jaggery
- 10 nos pepper
- 2 nos cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon dry ginger powder
- 1/2 of lemon
- few leaves tulsi
- a tiny pinch of salt
- a very tiny piece edible camphor optional
Instructions
- First measure and get ready with all your ingredients. Using a hand mortar and pestle grind pepper and cardamom to a coarse mixture, Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl add water,then jaggery mix well so that jaggery gets dissolved fully.
- Now add pepper cardamom powder, salt, edible camphor and tulsi leaves.
- Add dry ginger powder, extract lemon juice and add it.
- Mix well. Strain it and serve Panakam chilled.
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Notes
- Use water as mentioned, if you add less water the flavour will be more strong. You can adjust the measure of water but adjust the spices accordingly.
- The color of the panakam purely depends on the jaggery colour.
- I used powdered jaggery so it dissolved quickly. If you use crushed jaggery it takes a bit more time to get dissolved. So if you have block jaggery you can grate it using a grater.
- I would recommend to use freshly crushed pepper and cardamom for more flavour.
- Make sure to rest for few mins atleast before straining for all the spices flavour to blend well.
- Adjust lemon juice according to your taste.
- I used paagu vellam just to get the golden brown color, you can use normal jaggery too though paagu vellam is preferred.
- You can plus / minus the ingredients according to your choice but balance the drink accordingly.
- You can also use chilled water to make panakam.
Nutrition Facts
Panakam | Panagam
Amount Per Serving (150 ml)
Calories 164
Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g
Sodium 1304mg57%
Potassium 81mg2%
Carbohydrates 39g13%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 34g38%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 115IU2%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 61mg6%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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