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Chana Lentil and Cucumber Salad | Kadale Bele Kosambari

Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Author: Sumana

Ingredients

  • Chana lentil- 2 fistful
  • Cucumber- 2 medium sized
  • Green chilly- 1 no.
  • Salt- 3/4 tsp
  • Lemon- Half or 1 tsp juice
  • Coriander leaves- fistful
  • Grate coconut- 2 tsp

Instructions

Preparation

  • Soak chana(bengal gram) dal for 20 mins.

Method

  • Wash cucumber in enough water and pat them try. Chop cucumber into fine cubes.
  • Add soaked bengal gram lentil and green chilly in to mixer and pulse ir for a while. It is not required to grind them, some of the lentils should break that's it.
  • In a wide bowl combine pulsed bengal gram lentil, cucumber cubes, grated coconut and coriander leaves. Give a quick stir. Just before serving add salt and squeeze lemon juice.
  • Healthy and tasty chana lentil cucumber salad is ready to serve.

Note

  • Add salt and lemon juice just before serving. Otherwise cucumber oozes out more water.
  • Based on seasonal availability you can substitute lemon juice by grated raw mango. Mango too gives unique taste to salad.
  • You can add seasoning as well to the salad that will enhance the look and taste.