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Mango Panhe...a summer cooler
Serves - 15 (approx.)
Ingredients
- 3-4 raw mangoes,
- 1/2 cup sugar,
- 3/4 cup jaggery,
- 8-10 green cardamoms, peeled and powdered,
- some saffron strands,
- salt,
- water.
Method
- Wash mangoes and without adding any water to them, (use water only in the cooker body) pressure cook them until soft and mushy..
- Remove and peel the mangoes.
- Take out the seed from each and blend the pulp in a blender into a smooth consistency. Now combine the pulp, sugar and jaggery.
- In a saucepan, heat the mixture over medium heat. Let bubbles rise on top. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat when it thickens a little bit and let cool.
- Add cardamom powder, saffrom strands and a pinch of salt.
- While serving, add a desired amount of chilled water and/or ice cubes and blend it in a blender.
- Prepared pulp can be stored upto 6 months in the refrigerator.
In that case add a pinch of Sodium Benzoate as a preservative while the mixture is warm.
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Tips:
You may add 1 tsp cumin powder in panhe for a different flavor.
This recipe uses sugar and jaggery - half part each. However, you may subsitute suger for jaggery. Jaggery enhances flavor of panhe though.
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