Aam panna juice is a refreshing summer drink made with raw green mangoes. Raw green mangoes are boiled, peeled, puréed and then flavoured with sugar, salt, cumin, mint and chilli. The best part is you can store the concentrate for months and make a glass of chilled aam panna whenever you feel like it!
Boil the raw mangoes in a pot full of water till it turns yellow.
Remove from heat, drain and carefully peel the mangoes. Separate the pulp. Mash it in the bowl with a spoon or purée with a hand blender.
Add sugar, salt and all the dry spices to the pulp. Return to heat and cook till there is one boil.
The aam panna concentrate is ready.*
To serve, add water to the concentrate and mix well. Pour over ice cubes in tall glasses and serve cold.
Notes
*If you want to keep the aam wanna concentrate for longer than a few weeks, you should add a little preservative like sodium benzoate (1gm per kg of finished concentrate) and then store in bottles for 2-3 months.
For a sugar-free aam panna juice, you can also use grated jaggery in the concentrate or other sweeteners like maple syrup or agave but then don’t add it to the concentrate while boiling. Add the syrup right when you are preparing the drink for serving.