Kanji Vada Recipe | How To Make Kanji Vada +video

Kanji Vada is a popular drink of North India especially in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Kanji is basically a fermented drink made with ground mustard seeds and few spices.This is mainly made during winters and you can add black carrots and beets to make kanji ki gajar, or kanji pickle.

Kanji vada -During Holi a delicious and different version is made using lentil nuggets  soaked in the tangy and sour  fermented kanji, which is popularly known as Kanji Vadas. Kanji is very good for digestion . It is made after Holi and Diwali so that we can digest the heavy food consumed during these festivals.

The lentil used to make kanji vada depends on regional and personal choice. Some prefer to make them with yellow lentils/moong daal only, Some add little urad daal with yellow moong daal, some use mix lentils, but in Rajasthan the vadas/nuggets are made mainly with  either yellow moong daal or with a combination of moth daal and moong daal. You can use any combination they taste great every way.

How To Make Kanji Vada’s

For making kanji use either boiled and cooled water or use mineral water. Mustard seeds are ground and added in the water to give tangy taste. You can use grind black mustard seeds or use the yellow rai kuria , both work fine just a slight difference in colour.

After adding mustard powder, salt, chili powder, turmeric and asafoetida / hing let the water ferment for around 3-4 days. the fermentation time depends on the heat in the climate,it may take longer time in winter. Addition of turmeric is optional though I prefer adding it.

Soak lentil overnight then wash again and grind to make a fine medium thick batter. Deep fry small vada’s or pakodi’s in hot oil.When the water taste sour then add the fried vada’s in it and let the vada’s soak the flavors for a day or minimum 5-6 hours, make sure the vada swell up well and become soft after adding in the kanji. Now you can refrigerate the kanji vada’s and serve chilled kanji when ever required.

For making Easy and Instant kanji vada you can add besan boondi or besan pakodi instead of making  daal vada’s.

You can also try these delicious kanji recipes-

• Gajar Ki kanji
• Amla In Brine
• Rava Semiya Idli
• Methi Thepla
• Aloo ,Gajar ,mooli ka kanji wala achar

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