Pankam / pankam is very traditional summer drink from south india . It is a aryuvedic energy drink witch sweetened naturally . Pankam is made with jaggery and some spices like dry ginger , black pepper corns and cardamom . According to aryuveda , pankam balancee three dosha ; vata , kapha and pitta during summer days . Pankam is offered to lord rama on ram navami .