KOSAMBARI (carrot lentil salad)

A very traditional, south Indian vegetarian side dish is kosambari. It is one of the items made on the festival day of Ram Navami.

No of portion-04

S.NO	INGREDIENTS	QUANTITY
1	Moong dal	75g
2	Carrot grated	200g
3	Green chillies	10g
4	Salt	To taste
5	Lemon juice	1no
6	Grated coconut	50g
7	seasoning
8	oil	10ml
9	Mustard seed	5g
10	asafoetida	3g
11	Red chilli(broken)	5 g
12	Curry leaves	10g

Method

Ø  Wash the moong daal in enough water and soak it for about 1-2 hours and drain the water completely.

Ø  Add the grated carrot, cut green chillies, lemon juice, coconut, salt and mix well.

Ø  Now prepare the seasoning (tadka) of oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies, and asafoetida and pour this over the lentil, carrot mixture. Mix again.

Ø  This serves as a great accompaniment with rasam,sambhar and rice!!!!!!!!!!!