Kanji Vada From Rajasthani Cuisine – A Delicious Beverage Recipe
Kanji is a Rajasthani beverage prepared from water and few Indian spices. Vada is a fried dumpling of lentils. Traditionally it is prepared with Chawli (Black eyed beans) lentil, but in many Rajasthani families, it is also prepared with Moong Dal.
Servings Prep Time
1litre 20minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30minutes 50minutes
Servings Prep Time
1litre 20minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30minutes 50minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients Required to Prepare Kanji
Ingredients Required to Prepare Vada
Instructions
Kanji Vada Video
  1. Watch the following Video to learn How to Make Kanji Vada at home.
Instructions to Prepare Kanji
  1. Boil water and let it cool till room temperature.
  2. Add all the spices in this water and mix properly.
  3. Keep your Kanji at dry and hot place for 2 days. It will turn sour in 2 days which is the delicious traditional taste of Kanji.
  4. Mix properly at the time of every serving so that all the spices get mixed. You can serve it in glass or in soup bowl.
  5. Enjoy your Kanji as a beverage.
Instructions to Prepare Vada
  1. Soak Chawli Dal overnight in fresh water. If you are using Moong Dal, soak for 4 hours.
  2. Drain it in morning and grind it in grinder to make thick paste. Don’t grind too much. Let the very small granules remain in it.
  3. Add fennel seeds and salt in it and mix properly.
  4. Heat oil in a Kadahi.
  5. Shape a Vada on your fingers and drop it in hot oil to fry.
  6. Deep fry Vada at medium flame till golden brown.
  7. At the time of serving, immerse your Vada in Luke warm water for 5 minutes and then drain. By doing so, Vada will become soft. Now put 1 or 2 Vada in a soup bowl and pour Kanji in the bowl.
  8. Enjoy delicious traditional Kanji Vada.
Recipe Notes
  • If you use Matki (earthen pot) as a container for your Kanji, you will get amazing taste.
  • You can easily consume Kanji for 7 days.
  • You can consume Kanji as a beverage without Vada.
  • Generally it is not recommended to consume Kanji more than 1 glass in a day, because it contains black salt, Asafoetida and black mustard seeds which work as diahhrial substances, if over consumed.

 

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Author: Sonia Goyal