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Kosambri Four Ways for Ganesh Chaturthi

Kosambri Four Ways

Quick Details
Serves: 6 as part of a festival meal
Soaking time: 3 hours
Diet: Vegetarian
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Course Salad
Cuisine South Indian

Ingredients
  

Cucumber and Bengal gram kosambri

  • 1/2 cup Bengal gram soaked in 1 cup water for 3 hours
  • 2 cucumbers peeled and chopped
  • 2 green chillies spicy, diced
  • 1/2 cup coconut freshly grated
  • 1 handful coriander chopped
  • 1 lemon juiced

Carrot and moong dal kosambri

  • 1/2 cup moong dal soaked in 1 cup water for 3 hours
  • 2 carrots peeled and grated
  • 1/2 cup coconut freshly grated
  • 2 green chillies spicy, diced
  • 1 handful coriander chopped
  • 1 lemon juiced

Corn and pomegranate kosambri

  • 1/2 cup sweet corn
  • 1 pomegranate
  • 1/4 cup coconut freshly grated
  • 1 green chilli diced
  • 1 handful coriander chopped
  • 1 lemon juiced

Sprouts and capsicum kosambri

  • 150 g sprouted green gram
  • 1 green capsicum cubed
  • 2 green chillies spicy, diced
  • 1 handful coriander chopped
  • 1 lemon juiced

For the tadka

  • oil
  • mustard seeds
  • hing
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Soak. Soak the Bengal gram and moong dal separately in 1 cup of water each for 3 hours. Drain.
  • Cucumber kosambri. Mix the cucumber, Bengal gram, green chillies, coconut, coriander and lemon juice.
  • Carrot kosambri. Mix the carrot, moong dal, coconut, green chillies, coriander and lemon juice.
  • Corn kosambri. Mix the sweet corn, pomegranate, coconut, green chilli, coriander and lemon juice.
  • Sprouts kosambri. Mix the sprouted green gram, capsicum, green chillies, coriander and lemon juice.
  • Tadka. Make a tadka of mustard seeds and hing and pour it over the cucumber and carrot kosambris. Add salt to taste to each, mix well and serve.

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