Ingredients: 3 cups Water – (chilled preferably),1/2 cup Jaggery – powdered,6 Whole Black Peppercorns,2 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds – pounded,1 inch Ginger,1/2 Lemon – squeezed,Tulsi (holy basil) – to garnish
Time in minutes: 15 Servings: 3 Course: Appetizer Diet: Vegetarian
Instructions: To begin making the Traditional Panakam Recipe, take water in a bowl, add powdered jaggery to the water and mix until it dissolves.Add washed ginger, pepper seeds and cardamom to a mortar. Crush everything coarsely using a pestle and add it to the jaggery water.Squeeze juice of half lemon to the jaggery water. Stir well and filter using a strainer. Add basil leaves and serve the Traditional Panakam Recipe chilled. Serve Traditional Panakam Recipe during hot afternoons or during tea time.