Moong Dal Kosambari
kosambari is a crunchy South Indian salad prepared with yellow moong dal, grated vegetables & tempered with mustard seeds.
Servings: 4
Calories: 43kcal
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Moong dal
- 1 cup Water for soaking moong dal
- ¼ cup Carrot Grated
- ¼ cup Cucumber Grated
- ¼ cup Raw Mango Grated , optional
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Lime/Lemon juice
- ½ tsp Sugar optional
- 1 tsp Oil
- 2 tsp Mustard seeds
- ½ tsp Hing
- 1 Green chili finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Cilantro finely chopped
Instructions
- Soak the moong dal in 1 cup of water for about one hr. (Usually, I soak the dal before I begin cooking and finish all my other recipes and prepare this kosambari as a last one)
- In a bowl add the grated carrot, cucumber, raw mango, salt, sugar, soaked moong dal.
- Combine them all together.
- In a separate kadai or tempering pan, heat the oil and add mustard seeds, hing and the green chilly and when the mustard seeds start to splutter, add this to the kosambari.
- Before serving, add the lime juice and chopped cilantro.
Notes
- If you prefer raw cabbage, you include cabbage too.
- Adjust the salt as per your preference.
- Sugar is entirely optional and ensure you add the lemon juice just before serving, if not the salad will become soggy.
- Instead of split green gram dal, you can use split Bengal gram dal too.
Nutrition
Calories: 43kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 628mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1448IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg