Carrot kosambari recipe

Carrot kosambari a refreshing and healthy salad made with carrot, moong dal and coconut.

Carrot kosambari recipe with step by step pictures and video. Easy and healthy carrot moong dal salad made for Ramanavami festival. Kosambari is protein rich and a delicious salad.

Rama Navami is a spring Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of the Hindu God Lord Rama. This year it falls on April 21st so thought to post this carrot kosambari recipe today.

A very popular salad in Karnataka named as Hesaru bele carrot kosambari. This can be served as a side with meals or can be had as such too. This is so tempting and attractive especially kids will like it by its look.

Carrot Kosambari Recipe:

To begin with first grate carrot and soak moong dal in water for an hour. Make the tadka ready with oil, mustard seeds, hing and  curry leaves. To a mixing bowl add carrot, along with soaked, rinsed moong dal, lemon juice prepared tadka, coconut and required salt. Mix it well. Serve immediately!

Serving and Storage :

• You can serve it as  a sidedish with meals
• It keeps well for  a day but depends on the climate too. As coconut is added I would recommend consuming it as fresh as possible.

Variations:

• You can add cut cucumber with it.
• Adding pomegrante gives it a nice taste too.
• You can even add raw mango pieces for that tangy taste.

More related recipes:

• Sprouts salad
• Pasta salad
• Legumes salad sandwich

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Carrot kosambari recipe

Carrot kosambari a refreshing and healthy salad made with carrot, moong dal and coconut.

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 2

Calories

Author Sharmilee J

Ingredients

• 1 cup carrot
• 1/2 no lemon
• 2 tbsp moong dal
• 2 tbsp coconut

For tadka:

• 2 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 no green chilli
• 5 nos curry leaves
• 1/8 tsp hing

Instructions

• Soak moong dal in water for about 1 hour atleast.
• Rinse it well then drain and set aside.
• Heat oil in a tadka pan - add the items listed under for 'tadka' let it splutter. Switch off and set aside.
• To a mixing bowl - add carrot along with moong dal, tadka,coconut, lemon juice and required salt.
• Mix it well. Adjust salt and lemon juice as per taste.
• Serve!
• Enjoy this healthy salad!

Notes

• You can parboil moong dal and add it too if you don't like the raw taste. But traditionally moong dal is added raw only.
• Add cocoumber, raw mango for extra flavour.
• The quantity of moong dal is your wish you can add even add 1/4 cup for 1 cup carrot.

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Step by step method to make Carrot kosambari recipe:

1.Soak moong dal in water for about 1 hour atleast.

2.Rinse it well then drain and set aside.

3.Heat oil in a tadka pan – add the items listed under for ‘tadka’ let it splutter. Switch off and set aside.

4.To a mixing bowl – add carrot along with moong dal, tadka,coconut, lemon juice and required salt.

5.Mix it well. Adjust salt and lemon juice as per taste.

6.Serve!

Enjoy this healthy salad!

My tips while making Carrot kosambari recipe:

• You can parboil moong dal and add it too if you don’t like the raw taste. But traditionally moong dal is added raw only.
• Add cocoumber, raw mango for extra flavour.
• The quantity of moong dal is your wish you can add even add 1/4 cup for 1 cup carrot.

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