Cucumber Kosambari also known as southekayi kosambari or kosumalli is a low-calorie and healthy south Indian style salad made with cucumber and moong dal. This delicious vegan salad is usually prepared on special occasions and festivals in Karnataka.
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Kosambari salad is an easy and quick dish prepared using soaked split green gram, cucumber, green chillies, lemon juice and seasoned with mustard seeds and curry leaves. A traditional Karnataka festive thali is incomplete without kosambari.
Check out more cucumber recipes on the blog: cucumber raita and cucumber tomato corn salad.
Variations and substitutions
You could use chana dal instead of moong dal for a change.
Feel free to add toasted peanuts or fried gram for extra crunch.
Add grated carrot to this kosambari salad recipe for visual appeal. Feel free to vary the quantities of ingredients to suit your taste buds.
Ingredients
For salad
Split Green Gram/ Moongdal: 1 cup
Cucumber: ⅓ cup, finely chopped
Coconut: ¼ cup (fresh/frozen), grated
Green Chilli: 1, chopped
Lemon Juice: ½ lime
Coriander Leaves: 2 tbsp, chopped
Salt: as required
For tadka
Oil: 2 tsp
Mustard: ½ tsp
Curry Leaves: Few
Red Chilli: 1, broken
How to make kosambari?
Wash and soak moongdal in warm water for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes drain the water off the dal and transfer it to a bowl, add cucumber, ½ chopped green chilli, lemon juice, grated coconut, coriander leaves, salt.
Mix until well combined.
For seasoning heat oil in a pan, add ½ teaspoon mustard seeds, red chilli and curry leaves, remove from heat and add it to prepared kosambari.
Healthy and tasty south Indian salad is ready to serve.
Notes
If you prefer to serve this lentil and cucumber salad later on then add salt just before serving to make sure kosambari remains crunchy.
Add/Reduce chillies as per your preferred spice levels.
If you like this simple and healthy salad, you might also like carrot kosambari, moong sprouts salad, simple chickpea salad, watermelon salad, onion salad and mango avocado salad
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Cucumber Kosambari
Ingredients
1 Cup = 250ml ; 1 Tablespoon = 15ml ; 1 Teaspoon = 5ml
- 1 cup Split green gram/ Moong dal
- ⅓ cup Cucumber finely chopped
- ¼ cup Coconut (frozen/fresh) grated
- 1 Green chilli finely chopped
- ½ lime juice
- handful Coriander leaves finely chopped
- As required Salt
- 2 Teaspoon Oil
- ½ Teaspoon Mustard seeds
- Few Curry leaves
- 1 Dry red chilli broken
Instructions
- Wash and soak moongdal in warm water for 20 minutes.1 cup Split green gram/ Moong dal
- After 20 minutes drain the water off the dal and transfer it to a bowl, add cucumber, ½ chopped green chilli, lemon juice, grated coconut, coriander leaves, salt.⅓ cup Cucumber, ¼ cup Coconut (frozen/fresh), 1 Green chilli, ½ lime juice, handful Coriander leaves, As required Salt
- Mix until well combined.
- For seasoning heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, red chilli and curry leaves, remove from heat and add it to prepared kosambari.2 Teaspoon Oil, ½ Teaspoon Mustard seeds, Few Curry leaves, 1 Dry red chilli
- Healthy and tasty Kosambari is ready to serve.
Notes
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Sandhya says
What a yummy, healthy treat this is!
Geetha Priyanka says
Indeed it is Sandhya. Hope you do try and let me know how you enjoy it.
Monika Dabrowski says
This looks great, and so easy to make too!
Geetha Priyanka says
Thanks Monika....