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Evening · Drink dish, illustrative
Volume I · May 4

Aam Panna (Roasted Raw Mango)

MayEvening · Drink
Serves
6
Portion
150 ml
Time
Cook 20 min
Texture
Thin liquid
Season
Spring–summerMay
Dosha
  • Vata
  • Pitta
  • Kapha

Cooling; protects against heat-stroke

Ingredients

What you need

Ingredients for 6 servings
DoneIngredientHousehold measureQuantity (6 servings)Café batch ×5
Raw mango2 medium300 g1500 g
Jaggery (gur)½ cup grated, loosely packed80 g400 g
Cumin (jeera)1 tsp roasted, powdered3 g15 g
Rock salt (sendha namak)½ tsp black salt3 g15 g
Mint leaves10 leaves8 g40 g
Water3⅓ cups (to dilute)800 ml4000 ml

Method

How to cook it

  1. Step 1: Roast mangoes on an open flame (smoky) or pressure-cook 2 whistles.

  2. Step 2: Cool, peel and scrape out the pulp (≈180 g).

  3. Step 3: Blend pulp with jaggery, roasted cumin, salt and mint.

  4. Step 4: Dilute with water (about 1 : 4); serve at room temperature or cool — never iced.

Nutrition

Per serving, estimated

83kcal
Energy
0.5g
Protein
0.2g
Fat
20.5g
Carbohydrate
1g
Fibre
0.5g
Salt

Where the energy comes from

Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g

Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.

Variations & further ideas

Signature dish of the month

The method at a glance

Roast / pressure-cook raw mangoes → Cool, peel, scrape pulp → Blend pulp + jaggery + cumin + salt + mint → Dilute ≈ 1 : 4 with water → Check: Balanced sweet-sour, room temp.? If no: Adjust jaggery / lemon; never add ice → Serve 150 ml in earthen glasses
Roast / pressure-cook raw mangoes
Cool, peel, scrape pulp
Blend pulp + jaggery + cumin + salt + mint
Dilute ≈ 1 : 4 with water
Balanced sweet-sour, room temp.?
YesNo
Serve 150 ml in earthen glasses
If not: Adjust jaggery / lemon; never add ice
From the book