How to Cook Perfect Kosambari Salad/ moong dal and anar salad

Kosambari Salad/ moong dal and anar salad. Koasambari salad is usually made with lentils. two lentils which are commonly used are moong lentils and bengal gram (chana dal). Veggies like carrots or cucumber are also added. Addition of fresh coconut is one of the highlight in kosambari and it does make a lot of difference to the final dish.

Chew in the proteins and enjoy the cooling effect the salad gives to your body! Rama navami special moong dal salad preparation with step wise pictures. When I was in Bangalore, I used to get plenty of moong dal salad on this BIG day Rama Navami from my neighbors and each one's salad tasted so differently though every one's recipe was same. You can have Kosambari Salad/ moong dal and anar salad using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kosambari Salad/ moong dal and anar salad

1. You need 1 cup of yellow moong dal.
2. Prepare 1 cup of cucumber.
3. Prepare 1 cup of anar/ pomegranate.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of grated coconut.
5. It's of as per taste Salt.
6. You need 1 tsp of lemon juice.
7. It's of For tempering-.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of black mustard seeds.
9. It's 1 tsp of urad dal.
10. You need 1 of red chilli.
11. You need 10-12 of Curry leaves.

Heat oil in a small pan. Splutter mustard seeds and fry a few curry leaves. After soaking Moong Dal will be double in volume. I enhance the same salad by adding equal amounts of chopped cucumber and tomato, a little less of chopped beetroot.

Kosambari Salad/ moong dal and anar salad step by step

1. Clean and dice the cucumbers and carrots and set aside.Peel the pomegranates extract the pearls and set aside..
2. Soak dal for an hour and mix it with everything..
3. Mix grated coconut with with moong mixture.Add salt and lemon juice. Mix the salad together..
4. In a small pan add the ingredients for tempering except the curry leaves.  As the mustard seeds splutter add in the curry leaves and take off the heat.  Set aside..
5. Now put tempering on top of salad and mix properly. Salad is ready to serve..

Moong dal kosambari is an authentic salad of Karnataka fame and is prepared mainly during festivals. It is also a part of the full thali meals in the Kannada cuisine. Kosambari is a salad which is made from soaked moong dal and other vegetables like carrot, cucumber and raw mango. A popular salad in south India and Maharashtra, Kosambari is a traditional salad style that is fresh, flavourful and healthy. Grate carrots and to this add the soaked dal, a quarter cup of freshly grated.