Ingredients: cups Water - (chilled preferably), cup Jaggery - powdered, Whole Black Peppercorns, Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds - pounded, inch Ginger, Lemon - squeezed, (holy basil) - to garnish, Vegetarian diet
Instructions: To begin making the Traditional Panakam Recipe, take water in a bowl, add powdered jaggery to the water and mix until it dissolves.Add washed ginger, pepper seeds and cardamom to a mortar. Crush everything coarsely using a pestle and add it to the jaggery water.Squeeze juice of half lemon to the jaggery water. Stir well and filter using a strainer. Add basil leaves and serve the Traditional Panakam Recipe chilled. Serve Traditional Panakam Recipe during hot afternoons or during tea time.