Slice the raw mango and place inside a container with an additional 1/4 cup of water. Cover tightly with foil.
Into the inner liner of your Instant Pot, add 2 cups of water and place a trivet in the liner.
Cook the sliced mango on High Pressure for 10 minutes and let it release pressure naturally. Check to see if the mango is soft and pulpy; if not, cook again for a few more minutes.
Once the mango is cool, pull off the peel and get ready to get messy, or better still, ask your kids to help. Squeeze off all the pulp you can off the peel and the seed. Use whatever cooking water remained in your PIP container.
Push this pulp through a wire mesh strainer being sure to get all the last little bits of it.
Add sweetener or choice and cardamom and stir well until the sweetener is completely dissolved.
I had 1 cup of pulp to which I added 1/3 cup of Truvia baking blend, and to this, I added 2 cups of water plus 1/2 cup of ice. Depending on the tartness of the mango, you may have to adjust this.
Serve in 1/2 cups as a dessert drink, or dilute more and serve as "mango-ade"
NOTES
Mangoes vary in their tartness so you may need to add a little more sweetener. You want a pleasing combination of sour and sweet in your Panha.
You can use either Splenda, Truvia, Erythritol, sugar, or brown sugar in this recipe. If you can find Indian Jaggery or Mexican piloncillo, that adds a lovely smoky taste to this raw mango drink.
I like to add salt to offset the sweet and tart tastes. You can also add ground cumin or black salt to it.
Some people use a few crushed mint leaves to flavor the mango. Use either mint or ground cardamom. But not both.
As a drink. This recipe yields a nice, thick concoction that keeps very well in the fridge for weeks on end. I like to place mine in mason jars, and put it away. So when you're ready to serve it, pour in about 1/2 cup of the green mango syrup or panha, fill the glass to the top with ice, and then pour in some cold water.
With soda. Not conventional but utterly delicious. Use soda water in place of the water above and you'll have a pretty little glass with bubbles in it.
As a dessert. This is not conventional. But little shot glasses of the mango concentrate are a great way to end a meal.