Aam Panna (Green Mango Cooler)
Sour, sweet and salty, aam panna is a cooling raw mango cooler perfect for hot summer days.
Ingredients
- 3 medium green mangoes
- 5 tbsps or more according to taste sugar
- 2 tsps rock salt
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 700 ml water
Instructions
- Boil the mangoes in a large pot of water for 15-20 minutes until their skin has burst and they have softened.
- Remove the mangoes from the hot water and cool to room temperature.
- Peel the cooled fruit and extract all the flesh in a bowl. Squeeze the stone to yield all the squishy pulp around it.
- Add sugar and salt to the pulp and whizz with an immersion blender (you can also do this in a food processor), till the sugar has dissolved and you have a thick, soupy liquid.
- In a jug, dilute this concentrate with 700 ml cold water, season with cumin powder, mix and chill till ready to serve.