Day 24 of Recipe Marathon #2.
We call this as Kosambari/ raw salad. This is a simple and refreshing salad made with cucumber and Channadal/kadale bele, one can substitute Channadal with moongdal or small cooked lentils.
Ingredients
- Cucumber – 1 medium size
- Channadal – 1/4 cup soaked for and hour in warm water
- Cilantro leaves- one hand full
- Lime/lemon- 1tsp freshly squeezed
- Fresh grated coconut – 1tsp (optional)
- Salt to taste
Tempering : oil. mustard seeds- 1tsp and red chilli’s – 1.
- Peel cucumber and chop finely, rinse the soak Dal and drain all the water. Mix with chopped cucumbers. To this add chopped cilantro and grated coconut.
- Do the tempering by heating oil , when hot add mustard seeds and red chili’s.
- Mix the tempering with cucumber and add salt and adjust to taste. Finally squeeze lime juice on top mix gently. Serve.
Can be eaten as such or as a side with rice and curry. Enjoy !
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November 24, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Looks delicious and colorful…
November 24, 2008 at 3:39 pm
hey nice…salad with cucmber is real comforting in summer….
November 24, 2008 at 5:34 pm
This is one of my favorite kosambari madhu! Loved it!
November 24, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Addition of Channa Dhal to the salad makes it colorful and lovely for this season, when we consume very lil water…
November 25, 2008 at 5:46 am
Simply superb Madhu…lovely colour..loved the addition of channa dal to the salad..its very new for me..
November 25, 2008 at 6:47 am
This reminds me my days in Mysore …..it looks so fresh and tasty….
November 25, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Chana dal addition is new to me.Looks superb and fresh
November 25, 2008 at 3:03 pm
wow.. looks perfect & healthy salad…
November 25, 2008 at 6:27 pm
love this anytime, nice pic
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