Panha - Raw Mango Drink

Raw Mango Drink

Ingredients:1 ½ cup Raw Mango Pulp (Step 1)
2 cup sugar
1 tsp Cardamom Powder
Pinch of Saffron

Method:
1) Cook 1 big raw Mango (1 to 1 ½ pound) in pressure cooker. Let it cool down. Peel cooked Mango and pulp it. Pour pulp in a strainer and strain it without adding water. Use spoon and give stir, as the pulp is very thick. Some Mangoes have fibrous (Stringy) elements in the pulp. Straining will help to separate those elements and give smooth texture to our Mango drink.
2) In a saucepan, add sugar and very little water to cover the sugar. Make sugar syrup to “soft-ball” (Note 3) stage. Remove from heat. Pour strained Mango pulp in sugar syrup while sugar syrup is hot. Mix well and let it cool down. Once it becomes cool, transfer this mixture to Glass airtight container. Refrigerate to reserve future use.
3) While serving, put 2-3 tbsp mixture in a glass, add cold water and stir well.

Note:
1) Add pinch of salt while serving.
2) Raw Mango should be very tart (sour) in taste. If tartness is less, reduce the amount of sugar. Also, while serving Mango Drink add few drops of lemon juice to taste.
3) That means that when you drop a bit of it into cold water to cool it down, it will form a soft ball. If you remove the ball from water, it will flatten like a pancake after a few moments in your hand.

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