Kosambari is a popular Karnataka dish. Hesarubele Kosambari is nothing but Moong Dal Salad. Moong dal is very easy to digest. This Kosambari is nutritious, It helps digestion and is good for constipation. You can have 1 bowl of this salad as your breakfast also.It is a traditional dish or salad which is prepared on festival days and is served as a part of the meal. It is a raw, refreshing and cooling salad dish and is very easy to prepare. There are many variations in the preparation of kosambari. I am going to present you the basic kosambari dish. You can add grated carrot also.
Cuisine : Indian,Karnataka Recipes
Ingredients
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Quantity
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Spilt yellow moong dal
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½ cup
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Cucumber
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1 large cucumber
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Salt
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as per taste
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Green chillies
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1-2 nos (finely chopped)
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Grated coconut
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3 tbsp(purely optional)
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Lemon juice
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from 1 lemon
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Cilantro
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few sprigs
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Method
1. Soak spilt yellow moong dal for 2 hours.Drain the lentils and transfer to serving bowl.
2. Now add chopped cucumber pieces ,green chillies, grated coconut, salt, lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.
3. Add salt just before serving the dish to avoid water oozing from cucumber.Tasty and a healthy salad is ready within minutes.Enjoy your festival.
Notes
Some of them like to do seasonings.You can go for it without hestitation.Temper with some mustard seeds,Curry leaves and dry red chillies.
very nice shoba dear :) shall give it a try :) thanks for sharing the brief dish intro :)
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ReplyDeleteLook so good dear..Thanks for sharing Shobi :)
ReplyDeletethat's a quick and healthy salad...
ReplyDeleteLooks so healthy and delicious
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