Moong Lentil Salad Recipe for Rama Navami
Ingredients
- Split green gram Moong dal- 1/2 cup
- Fresh grated coconut- 1/4 cup
- Green chillies- 2 nos.
- Fresh coriander leaves- Handful
- Lemon juice- 2 tsp
- Salt- 1/2 tsp
Seasoning ingredients
- Cooking oil- 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1//4 tsp
- Curry leaves- Few
Instructions
Preparation
- Soak moong dal in enough water for at least 20 minutes.
- Finely chop coriander leaves and green chillies. Keep it ready.
Method
- In a wide bowl add the drained moong dal. Include chopped coriander leaves, green chillies, salt and grated coconut. Mix well. Finally squeeze lemon on it. Combine it all.
- Heat a seasoning pan adding oil, mustard seeds and curry leaves. As the mustard seeds stop spluttering transfer it to moong dal salad.
- Rama Navami special moong dal salad is ready. Serve it with spiced butter milk or panakam.
Notes
- You can add finely chopped cucumber or grated carrot to this salad to make it crunchy.
- If you don't like biting green chilly pieces while eating the salad, just skip it.