Hesarukalu panaka is a traditional green gram juice recipe from Karnataka. I got this recipe from my friend Meera last year. Suddenly remembered this and made this today. I can say this is a homemade protein shake. Both my kids regularly drink protein shakes and when I served them this green moong juice today, they loved it. This is a vegan protein shake as we are not adding milk to this. I have added jaggery to this but you can avoid any sweeteners and grind a few pre-soaked dates to this while grinding. Adding almonds is optional in this drink, but it makes the drink more healthier. If you are allergic to nuts, you can avoid this. You can roast and grind the green moong dal into a fine powder and store this in an airtight container also. This is a natural body coolant and is perfect for the summer season. Make this in the noon and serve this to children when they come back from school. Also check out, Moong bean popsicle, raw mango panakam, Carrot milkshake and Sambaram
In a pan dry roast the green gram and almonds on a low-medium flame for 5 minutes.
Take it out and when it is warm, transfer this to a mixie jar.Powder this finely.You can store this powder in an airtight container and make the juice later.
Now add ¼ cup of coconut, 3 cardamom, and ½ cup of jaggery to the mixie jar and add 1 cup of water.
Pulse this into a fine paste.
Sieve this by adding 2 more cups of water to this.Discard the residue.
Add a few ice cubes to this.Mix well and serve.
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