Green Apple Panna: Delicious Indian Summer Cooler
Green Apple Panna, a refreshing summer drink made out of green apples and seasoned with roasted cumin powder, black salt and mint leaves. It is frequently enjoyed during the summertime in India, because this fresh, chilled drink not only beats the heat but also helps keep you hydrated and energized.
Servings: 8 People
Calories: 60kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Produce:
- 600 gram Green Apples 4 medium size apples
- 28 gram Ginger 2 tablespoons grated
- 2 tablespoon Lime Juice juice of one lime
- 28 gram Fresh Mint Leaves one cup leaves
- 4 cup Water 2 + 2 divided
- 4 cup Ice
Spices:
- 28 gram Jaggery 2 tablespoon
- ½ teaspoon Salt adjust as per your taste
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- 2 teaspoon Black Rock Salt
- 2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds Roasted Powder
- ½ teaspoon Dry Mint Leaves Powder
Instructions
- To get rid of the wax coating, soak the green apples in hot water and vinegar solution (16:1) for 15-20 minutes. After 20 minutes give them a good rub and rinse them under tap water.
- Now Core and chop clean apples into cubes, no need to peel them. In video I have showed two ways of coring apples, you can do either way.
- Add the chopped green apples to the inner pot of Instant Pot. Add 2 cups of water to the apples.
- Put the lid on and pressure cook on high pressure for one minute. Make sure the venting knob is in the sealing position.
- Allow the pressure to release naturally. Once the pin drops, carefully open the Instant Pot. After the apples are boiled, they will lose their vibrant, rich green color and may not look pleasing, which is absolutely fine.
- Let the boiled apples cool down a bit before adding other ingredients to cooked apples.
- Once the apples are cold enough add grated ginger, lime or lemon juice, jaggery or your preferred sweetener you are using and green mint leaves.
- Blend everything together using an immersion blender. If you don’t happen to have immersion blender then transfer the boiled apples with other ingredients to a blender jar and blend until smooth.
- Once blend smooth, pass the pureed green apple panna through a fine-mesh strainer.
- Strain through the strainer, stirring and pressing to extract all the liquid into the bowl. Discard all the leftover fibers.
- Now add all the spices to strained apple puree. Black rock salt(check notes), black pepper, roasted cumin seeds powder (Check notes), bit of salt and powdered mint leaves (check notes) to the pureed apple Panna.
- Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Add more chilled water and ice to adjust the consistency of panna.
- You can also add few hand torned mint leaves and key lime slices and store the drink in refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Add few cubes of ice in a glass and fill the glass with this chilled panna and enjoy this refreshing drink.
Video
Nutrition
Calories: 60kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 742mg | Potassium: 124mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 196IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg