Panakam Recipe for Rama Navami | Panagam Recipe

Usually we prepare Panakm juice for Rama Navami. Even though it is lemon juice with jaggery, it is surprising that we don’t prepare it on normal occasions. My suggestion is that you should make this drink as a regular from this summer as it has dry ginger powder for spiciness and makes panakm as very refreshing drink.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Beverage

Preparation Time: 10 mins | Yields: 2 ½ cups

Ingredients:

Grated Jaggery	½ cup (1 cup = 240 ml)
Dry Ginger Powder / Sukku Powder	½ tsp
Cardamom Powder	½ tsp
Lemon Juice	1 tbsp
Water	2 cups or required
For Garnish:
Basil Leaves (optional)	As Required

Procedure:

1. Powder or grate the jaggery using the grater.

2. Mix this grated jaggery with water and mix them well till the jaggery dissolves completely.

3. Strain the above jaggery juice using the strainer.

4. Now add the dry ginger powder, cardamom powder and lemon juice with the jaggery juice. Mix them well.

5. Serve as it is or chill and serve. Before serve sprinkle the basil leaves over the top of the juice.

Note:

1. Adjust the jaggery level according to your taste.

2. Color of the panakm depends on the color of the jaggery.

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Home Remedy for Cough and Cold

     Cough and cold is very common infection. Instead of taking allopathic chemical medicine you can take organic traditional remedy. I have personally use this and find this very effective.

 

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Home Remedy

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Making Time: 30 mins | Yields: 100 gm (approx.)

Ingredients:

Dry Ginger / Sukku	25 gm
Tailed Peppers / Java Peppercorns / Vaal Milagu	25 gm
Long Pepper / Thippili	25 gm
Lesser Galangal / Kulanjan/ Chitharathai	25 gm

Procedure:

1. Keep all the ingredients under sunlight for 1 or two days to dry them completely. If you don’t have sunlight to dry, you can dry roast them separately until they become hot.

2. Use hammer or mortar and pestle (small stone grinder) to break the dry ginger and lesser galangal into small pieces.

3.  Then mix all the ingredients together and powder them using the dry mixie jar.

4. Then sieve them with fine siever and again grind the residues and again sieve. You can do this process till you can get very small residues.

5. Store it in an air tight container for later use and keep small quantity in a small jar for daily use. Use dry spoon only to take this powder.         

How to use this powder?

Child:

1. For kids above one year old age, take a pinch of the powder mix it with honey and lick it on their tongue daily before breakfast. This will improve the immunity of the child.

2. When the kid is having cough and cold, give this dosage both morning and night.

Adult:

1. For adults having cough and cold,  increase the dosage to half table spoon and make them take both morning and evening.

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Sukku Paal / Dry Ginger Powder Milk | Home Remedies for Cold

It’s winter now and people will get cough and cold. Sukku Paal / Dry ginger powder milk is a good relief for it; Its spicy taste will be liked by everyone, even those without caugh/cold.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Beverages

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Cooking Time: 5 mins | Yields:1 ¼  cup

Ingredients:

Boiled Milk	1 cup (1 cup = 250 ml)
Dry Ginger Powder / Sukku Powder	½ - ¾  tsp
Naattu Sakkarai or Palm Sugar or Sugar	1 ½ tsp
Water	¼ cup
Cardamom Powder (optional)	A pinch

Procedure:

1. Heat the water in a bowl, wait for boiling. Then add dry ginger powder, naattu sakkarai and cardamom powder.

2. Allow them to boil for 2 mins or till the sakkarai dissolves completely.

3. Then add the boiled milk and bring it into boil.

4. Take it out from the flame and strain it using the strainer. Serve it hot.  

     Healthy and aromatic sukku paal is ready.

Related Links:

1. Home Made Sukku Malli CofeePowder / Dru Ginger Coffee Powder

2. Sukku Malli Coffee / DryGinger Coffee

3. Pepper Milk / Milagu Paal

4. Herbal Tea

5. Masala Tea

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Dry Ginger Coffee Powder / Sukku Coffee Podi

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Ingredients:

Coriander Seeds	1 cup
Dry Ginger Powder	2 tbs
Cardamom	2
Pepper Corns	1 tbs
Fenugreek	½ tbs
Cumin Seeds	1 tes

Procedure:

1. Dry roast all the ingredients separately.

2. Allow it to cool down.

3. Grind them into a coarse powder.

4. Keep the powder in a air tight container and use it when required.

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