How to make Black Carrot Kanji -
A North Indian beverage with the goodness of black carrots, mildly spiced and sweetened with jaggery.
This recipe is from the book Low Calorie Vegetarian Cookbook.
Main Ingredients : Black carrots (kale gajar) (काली गाजर), Mustard seeds (राई)
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Beverages
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Black Carrot Kanji Recipe Card
Hindi: gajar
If there is one vegetable that is truly a nutritional hero then it is bound to be the carrot. A goldmine of nutrients, this is the reason they can be even termed as worth the other ‘karat’ (as in gold)! Ranging in colours from orange, black, pink to red, yellow and white, this delicious vegetable is within the reach of rich and poor alike and is rightly called the universal root. The best role that this winter vegetable can play – chomp on one as it is an excellent snack!
Prep Time : 3.30-4 hour
Cook time : 6-10 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Sweet
Ingredients for Black Carrot Kanji Recipe
Black carrots (kale gajar) 4 large
Mustard seeds coarsely powdered 4 tablespoons
Salt 3 tablespoons
Coarse red chilli powder 1 1/2 tablespoons
Method
Step 1
Scrub carrots and wash under running water. Peel and cut carrots into batons. Take eighteen cups of water in a large jar or a clay pot (matka), which will be able to hold four litres of water.
Step 2
Add carrots, mustard powder, salt and red chilli powder and mix. Cover the pot with a muslin cloth and tie it up around the rim.
Step 3
Let it stand in sun for three to four days. When it gets ready keep it in the fridge to chill. Pour into tall glasses with some pieces of carrot. Serve chilled.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 124.95 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 28.815 gm
Protein : 1.575 gm
Fat : 0.303815 gm
Other : 1.8
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