Banakam – Let’s know about the health benefits and recipe of the drink in this article.
Benefits of the drink:
- Usually in the months of Panguni Chitra, events like festivals, nethikadans, padayatras are held in our towns.
- The effects of the sun are also a bit brutal during these times. Panakam is the best drink to deal with this. It protects fasting people from dehydration.
- This Panakam is called by different names like Panakam, Panakarakam, Panakam in different towns.
- It is called instant glucose in Ayurveda. After taking some medicine it takes some time for our body to absorb it. But the second after taking this drink, our body absorbs it and gives instant energy.
- Consuming the drink immediately relieves body fatigue. Protects against perspiration. It cures hoarseness of throat and indigestion.
- The combination of sweet and bath gives our body instant refreshment.
heat stroke
- If the temperature inside the body exceeds 40 degrees, our heart contracts more and tries to expel the heat through the blood to the skin area as sweat.
- This increases the activity of the heart. This causes heat stroke in people who already have heart disease. Panakkam is the best drink to prevent this.
Drink recipe:
- Soak gooseberry-sized tamarind for half an hour. Pour two tumblers of water in a vessel and add half a cup of jaggery and dissolve it.
- Add half a spoonful of sugar, half a spoonful of pepper powder, half a spoonful of cardamom powder, a quarter spoonful of salt and half a spoonful of lemon juice to the jaggery solution. Along with that, filter the tamarind solution and pour it in an earthen pot and keep it for an hour.
- Cools naturally when placed in a clay pot. When we drink it, it gives instant energy and reduces body heat.
In this hot season, tea, coffee, soda, cold drinks etc. will only dehydrate our body. So this should be avoided.
To face the summer heat, we often prepare this drink at home and drink it regularly if available during festivals.
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