Telugu
Panaka
- Duration:
- Serves: people
Trivia Tadka
Ingredients
- Lemon (nimbu) juice, freshly squeezed (3/4 cup)
- Sugar (2/3 cup)
- Fresh mint (pudina) leaves (1/4 cup)
- Salt (1/2 tsp)
- Black salt (1/2 tsp)
- Black pepper (kali mirch), ground (1/2 tsp)
- Cold water ( 1 1/2- 2 litres)
- Cumin (jeera) roasted and ground to garnish (1/4 tsp)
- Mint leaves (to garnish)
- Ice (cubes)
Method
- In a large vessel dissolve sugar in water, then add salt and black salt stir well and let the salts dissolve completely.
- Add lemon juice, mint leaves, ground black pepper, and roasted cumin powder.
- Stir the water well.
- Taste for balance of flavours.
- Add salt or sugar as necessary.
- Now add ice cubes and serve in a tall glasses.
