Panakam is cooling traditional summer drink made in South India during Ram Navami, and is super easy to make. Holy basil leaves are used as a garnish as an auspicious symbol. Panakm is a blend of jaggery, ginger powder, cardamom powder, pepper, and edible camphor. A dash of lemon makes it all ...

Jaljeera literally means Jal i.e water and jeera i.e cumin. Means Cumin water. Though there are many other spices apart from cumin in the composition of jaljeera, cumin still remains the main ingredient. Jaljeera is a traditional summer drink, specially made during hot dry weather, to combat the ...

Nannari syrup was an alien recipe to me, till I was doing my reading on ayurvedic herbs which pacify Pitta dosha( the heat element) in our body. Being an Ayurveda physician myself,  while I wanted to write on the summer drinks, my first inclination was to look for herbs which we have known for a ...