Kanji
Kanji
VegVeganPunjab

Kanji

Carrots and beetroot fermented with mustard until tangy and deep purple. Punjab's Holi probiotic.

15 minTime
1 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Holi's purple drink2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBlack carrots, mustard, sun.
The original
38kcalsame
1 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
15minutessame

Classic Punjabi kanji.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Carrot3 medium, black carrots if you can find them
Beetroot (beet)1 small
Mustard seeds1½ tbsp, coarsely ground
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp
Salt1 tbsp
Water6 cups, boiled and cooled

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Peel and cut the carrots and beetroot into sticks.
  2. 2Put everything in a clean glass jar, stir, cover with a muslin cloth and keep in the sun.
  3. 3Stir daily with a clean spoon for 3 to 5 days until tangy.
  4. 4Strain into glasses, refrigerate the rest.
Serve it like this

Pour into glasses just before serving, nicely chilled or piping hot, whichever it's meant to be.

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