Carrot kanji

Carrot kanji

Carrot or gajar kanji is a fermented drink that is made in the winters.

The ingredients used like mustard, carrot, beet helps in keeping the body warm in the chilly winters and also these root vegetable promotes heat in the digestive process.

Carrot Kanji is also a probiotic drink and extremely good for the gut. Enhances your immune system.

Carrot kanji or gajar kanji recipe
Ingredients -
5-6 medium sized carrots (gajar)
2 small beetroots
8 cups water, approx 2 litres of water - boiled and filtered or purified
1 or 1.5 teaspoon red chili powder
3 tablespoon mustard powder (dry grind 2 or 2.5 tablespoon mustard seeds)
black salt as required

Method
Rinse and then peel the carrots and beetroots. Chop into long pieces.
mix all the ingredients in a glass or ceramic jars.

Cover with a lid or muslin cloth and keep the jars in the sun for 3-4 days.

Stir with a wooden spoon everyday before keeping the jars back in the sun.

When the kanji tastes sour, it means the drink is fermented.
serve carrot kanji straightway or refrigerate.