Kosambari !

Happy Sri Rama Navami ! … to note this festival sharing the recipe of Kosambari with you all. Kosambari is a healthy & delicious salad not only on Rama Navami, you can make this on any day and have it ..whenever you feel like to indulge in a healthy snack / salad.

Kosambari

Ingredients :

Grated Carrot - 1 cup

Split Moong dal - 1/2 cup

Grated Fresh coconut - 1/4 cup

Chopped Coriander Leaves - 1/8 cup

Salt - as per the taste

Seasoning :

Oil - 1 tea spoon

Mustard Seeds - 1 tea spoon

Dry red chili - 1 to 2

Preparation :

- Soak the split moog dal in water for 10 minutes.

Kosambari

- In a bowl mix chopped carrot, grated fresh coconut, soaked split moong dal & chopped coriander leaves .

- Add the salt & mix well.

- For seasoning, heat the oil in the pan and fry the dry red chili & mustard seeds.

- Add the seasoning to the Kosambari.

- If you want to avoid oil, don't add the seasoning to the Kosambari…it doesn't bring down the taste of the kosambari instead, makes it more healthy & fat free :-)

Along, with Kosambari we had Panakam (Jaggery water with black pepper ) & Majjige ( yogurt drink).

Paanakam, Majjige & Kosambari

preparing Paanakam :

- Take 2 to 3 table spoons of grated jaggery or jaggery powder & mix it in 3 cups of water.

Paanakam

- Add 1 table spoon ( if preferred less hot add only 1/2 tbl spoon ) of the ground black pepper to the jaggery water & mix well. Paanakam is ready . Some prefer to add little cardamom powder, but I didn't add.

Preparation of Yogurt Drinnk / Majjige :

- Beat 2 table spoons of yogurt / curd without any lumps.

- Add 2 cups of water & a pinch of salt and mix well. 

- That is it..Majjige or yogurt drink is ready.