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PANAKAM RECIPE | PANAGAM PREPARATION | RAMA NAVAMI RECIPES

Ram Navami / Rama Navami f or this year 2011 f alls on 12th April,Tuesday. With Rama Navami coming up, thought of posting the traditional recipe of the drink Panakam here in my blog.T his is how my mom/grandma used to make and I used to enjoy this a lot in my childhood days. Perf ect thirst quencher f or this summer too,smells and tastes D-I-V-I-N-E-L-Y !! I always love jaggery and pachai karpooram (edible camphor) combo in sweet pongal and also in this.. My paati adds Thulasi(Holy Basil) though, since I dint had I omitted in this recipe. In my child hood, the temple near our home gives pankam and neer more f or f ree. Some volunteers will provide this on the day of ram navami, radha kalyanam or even when T hai poosam when the people pull ther() around the streets near by

Panakam / Panagam recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Drink Prep T ime : 10 mins | Cook time : 0 mins | Serves: 2

Ingredient s

Jaggery,powdered Lemon Elachi/cardamom Dry ginger powder/sukku Pachai karpooram/edible camphor Salt Water T hulasi/holy basil leaves Nutmeg powder(optional)

1/2 cup 1 2 1/4 tsp A generous pinch A pinch 2 cups f ew A pinch

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1. Click the picture to see enlarged f or the ingredients.

2. Dissolve the jaggery in water,to this,squeeze lemon,add powdered elachi,dry ginger powder,edible camphor,salt and nutmeg powder. 3. Filter it using a strainer, add the thulasi leaves if desired and you can also add the skin of the elachi without discarding it,as it adds more f lavour.

Serve chilled though tastes great as such!!

Adjust jaggery and lemon juice to suit your taste buds! Technorati Tags: Traditional Indian Drink,Panakam Recipe,Paanagam Posted by Raks anand Email T his BlogT his! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook