Monday’s Microwave Magic : Aam Ka Paana
Starting today, will be sharing my experiences with Microwave Cooking. It will have tips and tricks and recipes, simplified for creating that Magic with Microwave!
It’s the Mango season and it’s so very hot too. Aam ka Paana, made from raw mangoes, is a cool refreshing drink to beat the heat.
It’s the Mango season and it’s so very hot too. Aam ka Paana, made from raw mangoes, is a cool refreshing drink to beat the heat.
Ingredients
- Raw mangoes : 4-6
- Sugar : 1.5 cups
- Roasted cumin powder : 2 tsp
- Rock Salt : 1 tsp
- Water : 3 cups
- Mint leaves : 1/2 cup
Method
- Peel the raw mangoes and chop them in small pieces. Put these in a microwave safe bowl with 3 cups of water at 100% power for 5-7 minutes.
- Add sugar, salt, roasted cumin powder to the above and microwave covered at 80% power for 8-10 minutes.
- Let this mixture be cooled for a while.
- In a blender, blend it along with mint leaves and make it a puree.
- Filter it and store it in bottles and refrigerate.
- Add 1/4 part of Aam ka Paana to 3/4 glass of cold water.
Enjoy the cool refreshing drink.
PS : You can make your Aam ka Paana sweet or salty as per your personal preference, so likewise adjust the quantity of sugar and salt!
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June 11, 2012 10:05 pm|
Whistle whistle! Super cool initiative Shilpa! And what a cool recipe at the start!! The look itself is so refreshing!
June 14, 2012 5:34 pm|
Thanks A! Glad you like it! 🙂
June 12, 2012 4:48 am|
Perfect recipe. Exactly how I make it. Looks so refreshing too.
June 14, 2012 5:35 pm|
Wow! Same pinch! :))
June 12, 2012 8:30 am|
whoooop whoooop .. refrehing indeeed
Bikram’s
June 14, 2012 5:35 pm|
:))
June 13, 2012 4:23 am|
I wish I could contribute to comments on cooking,i can hardly boil water.
Yes,I can guarantee,my wife makes amongst the best Paana.
June 14, 2012 5:38 pm|
LOL @ ‘hardly boil water’… they say, some people, “Paani ko bhi jala denge, if they are asked to boil water!! 😀
Wow, that’s wonderful!! :))
June 13, 2012 8:38 am|
wow this sounds and looks delicious 🙂 and easy to make too..
June 14, 2012 5:38 pm|
Yes, simple and easy!! And cool and refreshing! 🙂
June 13, 2012 11:53 am|
How I miss this drink… we don’t get any raw mangoes here 🙁
June 14, 2012 5:39 pm|
Oh, that’s sad!! Never mind, have them to your heart’s content whenever you are in India! :))