Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Carrot Kosambri with sprouted green-gram
Kosambri is a South Indian name for a salad and happens to be one of the easiest dishes in Indian cuisine. The word Kosambri comes mostly from the word Kosu which means vegetable in kannada. So a dish using raw vegetable is a Kosambri. This is how I have interpreted the word. Does anyone know any other explaination? Leave me a comment and let me know. There are different ways of making Kosambri using various grams and lentils. Any festival or function in Karnataka is incomplete without one type of this on the platter.
I make this pretty often at my home. It can be a nutritious snack which can be eaten as it is or can be eaten along with Chapatis too. Here i have added sprouted green gram to make it all the more healthy.
Sending this to Divya's Show me your salad.
Sending this to Divya's Show me your salad.
Ingredients:
3-4 carrots, peeled, washed and grated
a handful of sprouted green gram
1 green chilly chopped finely
1 inch piece of ginger grated
salt to taste
1/2 lemon
Coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)
Seasoning:
1 tsp oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
a few curry leaves
Recipe:
Mix grated carrots, green gram, green chilly, ginger, salt. Squeeze out the lemon juice and mix it in.
For seasoning, heat oil, add the mustard seeds. When mustard begins to splutter, add the curry leaves. Pour this over the prepared salad.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve fresh.
Serves: 2
Time Required: 15 mins
20 comments:
love this anytime..looks yumm
Such a healthy kosambri..looks really fantastic..
Dear K, I find Kosambari and raita a good way to add more veggies to our diet.
Carrot and green gram make a healthy and colourful combo. Perfect to eat just like that.
Looks colourful...one of my fav as its so healthy yet its so delicious..
the carrot kosambari looks yum and colourful.
This is a really healthy salad
yummy delicious recipe.....
healthy salad
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Nice healthy salad with lovely click.
Filling and healthy recipe....
i love salad with sprouted greens in them, yours look so colorful and delicious
love the protein addition to the kosambari
looks gr8
Looks colorful and yummy.
YUM! Love carrot kosumbari and you have added healthy Moong too. Really good.
K, post your Rava idlis too, more the better. All the recipes are similar anyway, love to see it here too! :))
Looks good K. I make something similar with cucucmber. Good to see you back :-)
One of my favorites, looks delicious and colorful ! Loved the idea of adding sprouted green gram....
The color looks very vibrant... Just the perfect one to have for the season!!!
Healthy combo'...best with curd rice.:)
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