Kanji Vada

Kanji Vada is a delicious and healthy drink cum snack which is served in festivals and celebrations.

Kanji Vada is a dal vada made with green gram/black gram and black gram/urad dal soaked in kanji i.e fermented water. It is a delicious and healthy dish generally served on the occasion of Holi. This is very good for digestion too. These are very easy to prepare and tastes so yumm. It is a famous dish of Gujarat and Rajasthan. So, try to make this recipe and let us know how liked it.

Tips and Suggestions by Mom Chef:-

• You can use a combination of different dal/gram like moth dal or chawali/black-eyed beans dal to make the vada.
• For instant Kanji Vada (without fermentation), add lemon juice to the Kanji water and it is ready to be served.
• In this recipe, the vada made is spicy. If you want you can make the vada by adding the only salt to the batter.
• Soaking the fried vada is an important step. So, do not avoid it.
• Fry the vada on a medium flame else the vada will not cook properly.
• You can use split yellow mustard instead of black mustard seeds.

For more such exciting Holi recipes like Kanji Vada, please click on the following links:

1. Thandai | Shardai
2. Sooji Gulabjamun
3. Suji Malpua
4. Dahi Bhalla | Dahi Bade Recipe