Chhauta Pana
On April 14 of every year pana Sankranti or Maha Visuba Sankranti falls. It is also odia new year. It is first day of the traditional solar month of Mesha. People used to visit Shiva, Shakti or hanuman temple on this day. This day also considered as the birthday of Lord Hanuman. A traditional pana is served on this day, a tradition that partly is the source of the festival's name.
From childhood I saw my mom preparing special pana ( drink) adding variety of things. The main ingredient of the drink is sattu ( in Odia we call it chhatua) powdered dry roasted chana dal and wheat. Dad used to offer this as Prasad to Lord and a special little pot, which have a hole under it, is installed near Tulasi plant. During Puja every day mom fill the little pot and from the hole water will fall on the plant. But with passing time I couldn't observe all these rituals but I prepare special drink as my mom to offer Bhagwan. Here is the recipe..
Preparing of sattu....
Channa Dal- 1/2 cup
Wheat- 1/2 cup
Dry roast chana dal and wheat separately. Then mix it together and make a powder.you will get almost 1cup of sattu. For pana you need 3tbsp of sattu but rest can be stored for future use.
For Sattu Pana
Chatua (Sattu)- 3tbsp
Milk- 1glass
Curd- 6tbsp
Chhena- 4tbsp
Banana- 2
Scraped Coconut- 3tbsp+ 3tbsp
Apple- 1/4
Grapes- 10 to 15
Chopped Raw Mango- 3tbsp
Bundi Ladoo for garnishing( optional)
Sugar to Taste.
In a big mixing bowl add every thing except boondi laddo ( though I didn't use laddo as it was not at home). Mash it with hands.
If you feel drink is bit thick the add some more chilled milk to it to make it thin. Pour it in two glasses and garnish it with scarped coconut, chopped apple, grapes and boondi ladoo.
Serve chilled
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