Oriyarasoi is on twitter !

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Bela Panaa



















Preparation Time: 10-15 mins

Ingredients -

  • 1 Ripened Bela/Wood apple/Elephant apple
  • 1 cup curd
  • 1 cup chenna/curdled milk or 3 rosogullas
  • 1 ripe banana
  • 3tbs sugar
  • ice-cubes
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper powder


Preparation: Break the shell of the wood apple on a hard surface and scoop out the
yellow flesh.

Put the yellow flesh in a mixing bowl and add 2 cups of cold water. Mix the flesh with the water using your fingers to extract the juice.

Strain the juice using a sieve. Transfer the remaining pulp back to the mixing bowl and add 1 cup cold water and extract any remaining juice.

Strain the juice and throw away the pulp.

Add sugar, banana, chenna/rosogulla, curd and black pepper. Mix well using your fingers.

Pour into glasses & top up with ice-cubes. Serve chilled.


Note: Bela ( also called Bel) pannaa is very popular in Orissa during the summer months.

It is offered to Lord Shiva on Panaa Sankranti day which falls on 14th of April. It is supposed to be an excellent coolant and is good for the bowels.

The leaves of this plant are also offered to Lord Shiva along with milk. Consuming a fistful of these leaves is supposed to reduce blood pressure & diabetes.









14 comments:

  1. Wow!!! lovely and nutritious drink. Never heard about this fruit and using rosogullas in juice is new to me. Yummy ...

    ReplyDelete
  2. During summer this is really an excellent coolant. My Dad's fav ...Very thick and creamy..

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    ReplyDelete
  3. perfect cooler for the scorching heat- good one !

    ReplyDelete
  4. New to me. Must try. Thanks for sharing.
    Thanks for following me on the networked blogs.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Omg, this drink looks wonderful, love wood apples with jaggery but never tried as drink..yumm!

    ReplyDelete
  6. I just knew about the bela leaves being offered to lord shiva..but was unaware of its fruit...this is a super informative post.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Nice post dear..looks wonderful.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Its my fav drink...looks soo yummy...plz pass me some...:)

    ReplyDelete
  9. Never heard or tried this before, wood apple with drink is different, thanks for this new flavor..

    ReplyDelete
  10. we love woodapple deliciously done yummy

    ReplyDelete
  11. tanda tanda shake.. Cooooool

    ReplyDelete
  12. I was curious if you ever thought of changing
    the page layout of your site? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say.
    But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better.

    Youve got an awful lot of text for only having 1
    or 2 pictures. Maybe you could space it out better?


    Here is my webpage :: how to grow taller

    ReplyDelete

Featured Post

Green Papaya Laddoos (SugarFree recipe)

Mom is undoubtedly the dessert specialist at home. God forbid, if she takes to blogging, she could give a lot of folks a run for their mone...