Panakam is a cooling drink made with lemon juice, jaggery, ginger powder, cardamom powder and black pepper and is especially made during Ram Navami Festival.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
Course: Beverages
Cuisine: Andhra, Karnataka, South Indian, Tamil Nadu
In a bowl, take 2 cups water and ½ cup chopped jaggery. You can add water as required.
Mix very well and let the jaggery soak in water for 30 to 40 minutes till all of it is dissolved. If there are impurities in the jaggery syrup, then filter the solution.
Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice or juice of 1 medium sized lemon.
Next add ⅓ to ½ teaspoon cardamom powder, ¼ teaspoon ginger powder, ⅛ teaspoon black pepper powder and a pinch of salt.
Yo can also add a pinch of edible camphor. If offering panakam to deities then you can add edible camphor. Edible camphor is optional and can be skipped.
Mix very well.
Offer panakam to the deities. If offering to the deities, then you can add a few holy basil leaves (tulsi leaves) in the drink.