PANAKAM

Ingredients

5-6 tbsps grated jaggery
4 glasses water
pinch of dry ginger pwd
2 coarsely crushed cardamom
4  coarsely crushed pepper corns

Method

Mix the grated jaggery in water and let it dissolve completely. Filter the jaggery water. Add dried ginger powder, crushed cardamom and crushed pepper. Mix well and serve it at room temperature or chilled.

 This age-old simple recipe has the luxury of the cardamom flavor,the sharp heat of the pepper and ginger pwd blending with the sweet flavor of jaggery water which is so refreshing

Note

 Ginger, Pepper and Sonti (dry ginger) are traditionally recommended  to heal ailments of the stomach and throat and especially recommended as home remedies for cold and cough.