These two cool drinks are offered as naivedyam for Sri Rama Navamai. Very thoughtful of our elders because this festival is celebrated in summer.
They can also be very traditional home made cool drinks and hence may be healthy because we use dry ginger, jaggery and cut raw vegetables.
Panak or panagam recipe
Take fresh grated jaggery
Add water and dissolve the jaggery
Filter the solution to remove dirt , if any
Add dry ginger powder ( sukku podi in Tamil ) and stir well
Add cardamom powder
Squeeze lemon juice - two one medium sized lemons
Stir well and store in a fridge. It is like Devamritham as we say on a hot summer day, very refreshing drink
Neer mor or spicy butter milk
Add water to curd and stir well to make butter milk
Add salt
Add peeled and cut mango pieces
Add peeled and cut cucumber pieces
Add asafoetida
Add curry leaves
saute ( mustard and cumin seeds )
These are quick and easy recipes described in quick n easy post !