Aam Ka Panna Recipe / Raw Green Mango Drink Recipe

Try to use little sour mangoes for this which has the tart taste which balances nice with the sugar and the spices..If your mangoes are not that tart, you can add extra lemon juice in this. You can even add some crushed mint leaves in this for more flavour.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Makes : 2 cups of aam preserve

Ingredients:

Raw Mango – 1 large or two medium size
Black Salt / Kala Namak – 2 tsp or to taste
Sugar or Jaggery – 1 cup
Roasted Cumin Powder / Jeera Powder – 1.5 tsp or to taste
Fresh Mint Leaves for serving
Water – 1 cup 
Ice Cubes & Ice Water for serving

Method:

Take mango, cut them into big pieces, take them in pressure cooker. Add in 1 cup of water. Cover and pressure cook for 5 whistle., simmer the flame for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and let the mango cool down.

Now take the mangoes out and remove the pulp from it using a spoon into a bowl, add the cooking liquid from pressure cooker as well.

Now take mango pulp in a blender and puree till smooth.

Take it in a bowl, add in sugar, black salt, cumin powder and mix well.

Put this in fridge and let it chill.

When serving add required amount of syrup in a jug, top with icecubes and icewater. Mix really well and serve.

Notes:

1)Once you make the preserve, you can keep it for 2 weeks in fridge or more if you freeze them individually in ice cube trays.
2)Try to use little sour mangoes for this which has the tart taste which balances nice with the sugar and the spices..If your mangoes are not that tart, you can add extra lemon juice in this. 
3)You can even add some crushed mint leaves in this for more flavour.
4)Cooking mangoes with skin is important, this make the flavour of raw mango stands out.
5)You can add jaggery instead of sugar in this

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