Kosambari is a traditional salad in Karnataka. It is prepared during major festivals, auspicious occasions, and marriages and even offered as ‘prasada’ in temples. This is also called as Koshimbir in Konkani and Maharashtra and is very easy to prepare.
Kosambari does not involve any cooking, it is basically a mix of soaked lentils and vegetable of choice (cucumber or carrot or both) with right seasoning. It is healthy, high in protein and also has a cooling effect on the body. This is one salad, we love to have during summers.
I have already posted the Cucumber Kosambari recipe here. The procedure is exactly the same, but this has grated carrots instead of chopped cucumber.
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Ingredients
- 1/3 cup moong daal
- 2-3 carrots peeled (grated finely)
- 2-3 green chillies (slit)
- Salt to taste
- Juice of 1 lemon
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
Seasoning:
- Oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- Asafetida (a pinch)
- 2-3 red chillies broken
- 2-3 Curry leaves
Method:
- Wash the moong daal in enough water and soak it for about 1-2 hours. After that drain the water completely.
- Add the grated carrot, cut green chillies, lemon juice, coconut, salt and mix well.
- Now prepare the seasoning (tadka) of oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies, and asafetida and pour this over the lentil, carrot mixture. Mix again.
This serves as a great accompaniment with rasam/sambhar rice
Love this very much…I can eat the whole bowl just like dat….:)
Healthy and simply delicious salad..
Very nice. The only thing I do differently is add cilantro too.
That is so new for me. Very innovative to mix lentils and veggie in such yummy preparation 🙂
Healthy and colorful dish.
Have heard and seen this salad but havent tasted it, ur clicks and recipe makes me crave for some now 🙂 Beautiful clicks
Looks like you have forgotten to mention oil in the ingredients.
Thanks Shubhada for pointing, I have corrected it.
wow, total healthy and crunchy salad, I have to try it soon, your clicks are awesome as usual
its been so long since i prepared this,..picture is too good
Healthy and delicious salad….
I’m officially addicted to Carrot Kosambari now!
The combination of flavors and textures is incredibly tasty!
I did give the moong daal a quick boil though, I’m not very fond of that raw taste and added cilantro as Champa said.
I hate when people tweak and spoil Mexican recipes, hope I didn’t end up doing the same :-S
Thanks Dave, glad you liked it. Make changes your way!