Paanak ( A Refreshing, Thirst-Quencher).

Paanak is a traditional non-alcoholic imbibe from my hometown. When individual mentions Paanak, it straight off brings to withdraw heed the motion-picture exhibit of people playing alongside colors , squirting water-guns filled alongside colorful H2O at each other together with basically drenching them. It is all inward the spirit of camaraderie. Paanak is served to all the festivity revelers together with the spectators standing inward the hot sun. Paanak non entirely is refreshing together with quenches the thirst, it is every bit good rejuvenating! The jaggery inward Paanak helps counteract hypoglycemia ( decreased blood saccharide levels).

Holi is a festival of colors that is mainly celebrated inward Northern business office of India. Where I come upwardly from, which is the South Kanara part of Southern India, nosotros choose a like festival of colors celebrated on the 6th twenty-four hr menses of Theru/Rathasaptami ( Chariot festival). The concept for both is the same!

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I hence figured that this is a groovy recipe to portion alongside all my North Indian friends! This is a jaggery -based imbibe that has the goodness of lemon juice, ginger, cardamom together with dark pepper, making it every bit good a groovy digestive assist for all the indulgence inward rich nutrient together with desserts! It is rattling unproblematic together with slow to make! Do displace it. It is perfect every bit good to sit down at the beach together with drink!

I am bringing these beauties to Throwback Th # 31 and Angie's Fiesta Fri #112!! Angie's co-hosts this calendar week are Natalie @ Kitchen, Uncorked and Hilda @ Along The Grapevine.

Servings: makes 3 5 oz glasses.

Ingredients:

Water: two cups
Ice cubes: 6-8 nos
Lime/lemon juice: from i modest lime/lemon.
Jaggery: 3/4 cup, grated ( tin terminate last adjusted every bit per private desired score of sweetness).
Ginger: two inch piece, grated
Freshly solid lay down dark pepper pulverization : 1/2 tsp
Cardamom powder: solid lay down from seeds from two pods ( around 1/4 tsp)

Method:

Add all the inward a higher identify ingredients to a blender . Pulse for 5-10 seconds!

Alternatively, add together all the ingredients to a big pot. Mix well.

Serve chilled!

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

You could role ginger pulverization instead of grated ginger.

Ready-to-use cardamom together with pepper powders together with lemon juice concentrate tin terminate last used.

Sugar or love tin terminate last used instead of jaggery.

Tip for salubrious living:

Jaggery is a salubrious option to saccharide for virtually of our daily needs including java together with tea.It is non processed. It is basically sugarcane juice that has been boiled together with reduced. It is rich inward iron.

Food for thought:

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