Bela Sherbat : A Story of Wood Apple by MasterChef Avinash Patnaik

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Bela Pana: It is a drink made from Bael (Aegle marmelos) fruit pulp, on the occasion of Pana Sankranti.
Break the Bela and extract all the pulps to a bowl by using a spoon. One can also have the bela Sherbat in a simpler way by adding the pulps of bela with water, sugar and pepper powder.
Pana Sankranti, (Odia: ପଣା ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି) also known as Poila Boishak, is the traditional new year day festival of Buddhists and Hindus in Odisha, India.
The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar calendar, as the first day of the traditional solar month of Mesha. The festival is celebrated with visits to Shiva, Shakti, or Hanuman temples, as the day is considered to be the birthday of Hanuman.People take baths in rivers or major pilgrimage centers. Communities participate in mela (fairs), watch street dance or acrobatic performances. A notable climax of the social celebrations is fire-walk, where volunteers sprint over a bed of burning coal while being cheered with music and songs.Feasts and special drinks such as a Bael pulp drink, chilled sweet mango-milk-yoghurt-coconut drink called Pana is shared, a tradition that partly is the source of this festival's name.
Pana Sankranti is similar to new year festivals observed by Hindus elsewhere such as Vaisakhi(north and central India), Bihu (Assam), Pohela Boishakh (Bengal) and Puthandu (Tamil Nadu).
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