Kosambari Recipe/Cucumber Kosambari Recipe
Ingredients
- Split green gram- 1 bowl
- Cucumber- 1 large
- Green chilly- 1 no.
- Ginger- A small piece
- Raw mango- A small piece
- Salt- 3/4 tbsp
- Coriander leaves- Few
- Grated coconut- Fistful
Seasoning ingredients
- Oil- 1 tbsp
- Mustard seeds- 1/2 tbsp
- Split black gram- 1/2 tbsp
- Curry leaves- few
Instructions
Preparation
- Wash and soak split green gram in enough water for an hour. Drain and keep it aside.
Method
- Chop the cucumber, ginger, green chilly, coriander leaves very finely. Grate raw mango finely. Keep it aside.
- Now in a mixing bowl add drained split green gram, chopped cucumber, green chilly, ginger, coriander leaves, grated coconut and raw mango. Mix well.
- In a seasoning pan add oil, mustard seeds, split black gram and curry leaves. When mustard seeds splutter add the seasoning to the kosambari.
- Just before serving the kosambari, add salt and mix well. Cucumber kosambari is ready to serve.
Note:
- Adding salt too early to the cucumber kosambari oozes out lots of water. So salt is to be added preferably just before serving.
- Raw mango can be substituted with lemon juice. During mango season it is better to use raw mango which enhances the taste of kosambari.
- For kids, koamabari can be prepared without adding green chilly. They don't like green chilly while chewing kosamabri.