(Image source from: Panakam – Sri Rama Navami Special Drink)

Panakam/Panagam is special traditional recipe of drink prepared on Sri Rama Navami festival which marks the birthday celebration of Hindu Lord Rama, who is considered to be one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu. This will be all time favourite to many of us prepared by perfect mixing of jaggery, lemon, dry ginger powder and cardamom powder. It is a healthy drink and acts as a thirst quencher, so you can prepare at your home whenever you feel thirsty. By following below mentioned simple steps, prepare at your home and enjoy its divine taste and smell.

Here are the simple steps of preparing Rama Navami Special drink Panakam/Panagam:

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Drink

Prep Time: 10 mins    

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Jaggery, powdered/ Palm Sugar: 1/2 cup

Lemon: 1

Elachi/cardamom : 2

Dry ginger powder/sukku: 1/4 tsp

Pachai karpooram/edible camphor: A generous pinch

Salt: A pinch

Water: 2 cups

Thulasi/holy basil leaves: few

Nutmeg powder(optional): A pinch

Preparation:

Take jaggery in a bowl, add in some water and leave it aside till it is melted. Now strain this and add in more water.

To the above mixture squeeze lemon, add powdered elachi, dry ginger powder, edible camphor, salt and nutmeg powder.

Filter it using a strainer, add the thulasi leaves if desired and you can also add the skin of the elachi without discarding it, as it adds more flavor.

Adjust Jaggery and lemon according to your taste.

Serve chilled though tastes great as such!!

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