Chana Lentil and Cucumber Salad | Kadale Bele Kosambari
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
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.