Moong Dal Koshambir
Kosambari is a refreshing salad made with cucumber or carrots or both, fresh coconut and soaked moong dal. It is also called as Koshambir/Koshambiri or Kosambir.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Moong Dal
- 2 Cucumber about 1 cup chopped
- 1 Carrot about ½ cup grated
- ¼ cup Fresh Coconut grated
- 2 tbsp Pomegranate Arils or as required
- Handful of fresh Coriander leaves
- Juice of half Lemon
- 1-2 Green Chillies (as per taste) or as required
- ½" Fresh Ginger
- Salt as required
For Tadka
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds Rai
- 5-6 Curry Leaves
- 1 tsp Oil
Instructions
- Soak moong dal for at least 1-2 hrs. Wash it nicely before soaking. Soaking softens the dal and makes it easily digestible.¼ cup Moong Dal
- When ready to make discard the water in which dal was soaked. Leave dal on colander and let the extra water drain away.
- Chop cucumbers in small cubes and grate carrot.
- Use fresh grated coconut in the recipe.
- Finely chop green chillies and grate ginger.
- In a mixing bowl add carrot, cucumber, moong dal, grated coconut, chopped green chillies and grated ginger, black pepper powder, lemon juice. Add chopped coriander leaves.2 Cucumber, 1 Carrot, ¼ cup Fresh Coconut, 2 tbsp Pomegranate Arils, Handful of fresh Coriander leaves, Juice of half Lemon, 1-2 Green Chillies (as per taste), ½" Fresh Ginger
- Add salt only if serving immediately. If preparing it few hrs ahead of serving then add salt before serving as the cucumber will leave water.Salt as required
- Now prepare tadka. Heat oil in a tadka pan, add mustard seeds. When seeds splutter add curry leaves.½ tsp Mustard seeds, 5-6 Curry Leaves, 1 tsp Oil
- Add tadka to the salad and mix nicely. Chill the salad for at least 30 mins before serving.
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Notes
1/4 Cup raw moong dal will give 1/2 cup of soaked Moong Dal.
Soaked Yellow Moong dal is known to be very light on stomach and easily digestible when soaked for a long time.
You can use frozen coconut in the recipe but, avoid dessicated coconut. It won't give the desired results.
Vegetables lose water when salt is added. Add salt just before serving to avoid the salad getting soggy.
You can add grated Raw when it is available in summers. I adds a nice tangy taste to salad. Skip lemon when adding raw mango.
You can also add grated beetroot along with carrot and cucumber. Or, any mix of these vegetables or only one of the above veggies in the salad.
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