Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Mantena's Special - Raw Mango Juice
Hello,
Namaste and welcome to all the followers of Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju’s
Natural way of Living and all the aspirants of good health to this very special
edition of Dr. Mantena’s Kitchen. I haven’t updated my blog for quite sometime
now due to busy work schedule. Never mind, I came up with a very delicious
recipe to beat the rising heat of the Indian summer. The special recipe in
today’s Mantena’s Kitchen is Raw Mango Juice. It is called Aam Panna in Hindi
which is quite a popular summer drink in northern parts of India. Raw Mango
juice is considered as an effective remedy for heat exhaustion and sunstroke.
Preparation Time:
It
is a very simple drink that any one can prepare at home within 10-15 minutes.
Ingredients:
1.
Raw Mango – 1 Medium or Big Size
2.
Honey – 1 Cup
3.
Chopped Mint Leaves
4.
Chopped Coriander leaves
5.
Roasted Cumin seeds – ½ tbs.
Procedure:
It
is actually prepared in 2 different methods and each has its own taste and flavor.
The entire process of preparation in both the methods is almost the same except
the first step where mango is treated differently and the rest is the same. You
can try any of these methods as per your convenience and interest.
Method 1:
Step
1: The main ingredient here is the raw mango. Rinse the raw mango and boil it in
water for 10 minutes or pressure cook it for 2 whistles. Leave it to cool for
some time and peel off the skin of a mango and mash the pulp in a processor or
by your hands, strain and set aside.
Method 2:
Step
1: Broil or Roast the mango over the gas burner or you can use the oven as
well. But I haven’t tried it on an oven and therefore do it on your own risk.
Roast it on all sides until the skin of the mango turns black. Then cool it to
a room temperature, peel off the skin, scoop the pulp and place it in a
processor or mash up with your hands, strain and keep it aside. Earlier
days in India and even today in villages of north India, women used to roast
the mango on the charcoal. That is believed to make the best raw mango juice as
it gives the lovely smoky flavor to it.
Step
2: Add a cup of honey, ½ tbs of roasted cumin seeds and 2 big glasses of water
and blend it well. Dr. Raju don’t usually recommend cumin seeds as it falls
under the category of masala but occasionally it can be an exception as it has
cooling effects to the body.
Step
3: Finally garnish the drink with chopped coriander and mint leaves and serve. People
usually use ice cubes and refrigerated cold water to drink but I prefer the
cold water from a mud pot which is harmless and healthy.
The
king of the fruits, the Mango is in its youth and is flooding the market. So
grab the one as and when you see a raw mango and make this deliciously nutritious,
pulpy and super cool drink to beat the heat of the rising Indian summer. I hope
you enjoyed this update, keep watching the space for more updates.
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