Panagam (Sweet Jaggery Drink) and Neer Mor (Thin Chaas)

This is a combo drink made during the Ram Navami festival and my mom even today makes these. I never liked this when I was younger but I got to taste this at a friends place as an appetiser and that is when I realised how tasty it was!

Prep Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

For panagam

• 1/2 cup Jaggery

• 3 cups Water

• 1/4 tsp Ginger powder

• 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

• 1 tbsp Lemon juice

For Neer Mor

• 1 cup Plain yogurt

• 2 cups Water

• Salt to taste

• 2 Green chillies

• 4 Curry leaves

• 3 tbsp chopped Coriander leaves

• 1 tsp Oil

• 1 tsp Mustard seeds

• A pinch of Hing (asafoetida)

Instructions

For the panagam

1. Soak the jaggery in water till it melts

2. Filter it for impurities

3. Add lemon juice, cardamom powder and ginger powder and mix well

4. Serve

For the Neer Mor

1. Grind green chillies, ginger and curry leaves to a coarse paste

2. Whisk the yogurt with a hand mixer and add 2 cups of water to it, beat it well

3. Add the ground paste and adjust salt

4. In a pan take oil and splutter mustard seeds and asafoetida

5. Add this to the curd mixture and garnish with coriander leaves