PAANAKA / Sweet, little spicy, tangy, and cardamom & dry ginger flavoured Jaggery Water.

Paanaka is a flavoured and little spicy, tangy and sweet Jaggery Water made in Temples on Rama Navami festival. In GSB temples  this Paanaka drink /Godda Uddak is served to devotees on festival days.It is a refreshing and healthy drink.Paanaka drink is a mixture of Jaggery, Black Pepper, Dry ginger, Cardamm and Lemon juice.This drink is called Godda Uddak in Konkani and dry ginger is called Soonti in Konkani.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare this refreshing and healthy Paanaka/drink .

Ingredients:-

Grated Jaggery.       -1 cup
Black pepper Corn. -1tsp
Dry Ginger/Soonti. - a small piece
Water.                      -6cup
Cardamom pods      -5 Cardamom
Lemon juice.           -from a Lemon

Instructions:-

Grate Jaggery and keep aside.

Grind Black pepper corn, dry Ginger piece and Cardamom pods with skin to a coarse powder and keep aside.

Wash and squeeze a small Lemon to extract Lemon juice and keep aside.

In a small mixing bowl add grated Jaggery and little hot Water and stir well till the Jaggery melts and strain the Jaggery mixture and keep aside.

Method:-

Take a small steel vessel and add the Jaggery mixture.

Add about 6 cup of Water and stir the Jaggery mixture well.

Add the coarsely ground Pepper+ Ginger+ Cardamom mix powder into the steel vessel and mix well.

Keep the steel vessel covered for few minutes to infuse the Jaggery mixture with the coarsely ground spicy powder.

Add the extacted Lemon juice into the steel vessel and stir well and allow the flavours to settle for a few minutes .

Keep the steel vessel with Godda Uddak/ Paanaka into the refrigerator to chill before serving.

A healthy, tasty little spicy, little tangy, little sweet and refreshing drink - Godda Uddak /Paanaka is ready to serve.