Smoked Aam Panna

Ingredients

• 4 raw mangoes
• ¾ cup sugar 
• Salt to taste  
• ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
• Black salt to taste 
• Ghee for drizzling
• Ice cubes as required
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder 
• ½ lemon
• 1 lemon, sliced
• Fresh mint leaves as required
• Fresh mint sprigs for garnishing

Method

1. Peel the raw mangoes. 
2. Pressure cook raw mangoes in some water till 1-2 whistles are released. Open the lid when the excess air completely released. 
3. Heat a piece of coal directly on flame. 
4. Deseed the cooked raw mangoes and take out the pulp in a bowl. 
5. Heat raw mango pulp in a non-stick pan. Add sugar, mix and cook till it melts. Add salt, cumin powder and black salt, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes. Transfer in a bowl and cool. 
6. Put the hot coal in a small steel bowl and place the steel bowl in the center of raw mango pulp mixture bowl. Drizzle some ghee on top of hot coal, cover and keep for 2-3 minutes. Remove the steel bowl. 
7. To prepare one portion, grind together 3-4 tablespoons raw mango mixture, few ice cubes and ½ cup chilled water into smooth mixture. 
8. Mix together salt and chilli powder on a plate. 
9. Apply some lemon juice on the rim of individual serving glasses. Place the glass upside down over the chilli powder-salt to coat the rim. 
10. Put few ice cubes, 2-3 lemon slices and 4-5 mint leaves in each prepared glasses. Pour the raw mango mixture and serve chilled garnished with mint sprigs.