Day 3 of the blogging marathon with theme “Summer Salads”. For today we have a simple Indian salad that is very easy to make. I did not cook the lentils, but you could microwave it for a couple of minutes if you do not like the raw taste of lentils. It was a light evening snack and a healthy one too. A nice variation would be to add shredded carrots. Off to the recipe.
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Cucumber-Lentil Salad (Kosumalli)
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By Published: June 26, 2012
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 2 mins
- Ready In: 12 mins
Salad with cucumber and lentils tempered with Indian spices.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp moong dal (payatham paruppu)
- 1.5 cups cucumber (chopped)
- 1/2 tsp oil
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp urad dal (ulutham paruppu)
- 1 green chilly (small)
- salt (to taste)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Soak moong dal in water for 30 minutes.
- Chop cucumber and keep aside.
- Heat oil and splutter mustard seeds. Add urad dal and green chillies. When the dal turns golden brown, add to the cucumber and mix.
- Add salt, soaked moong dal and lemon juice to the cucumber. Toss it all together.
Pictorial
Soak moong dal in water for 30 minutes.
Chop cucumber into small pieces and take in a bowl.
Heat oil and splutter mustard seeds. Add urad dal and green chillies. Saute until the dal turns golden brown.
Add the urad dal + green chilly mix to the cucumber.
Add salt.
Add the soaked moong dal.
Add lemon juice.
Toss it all together.
Easy and healthy salad ready.
Enjoy!
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Cooling salad for a blazing summer. Love the clicks!
Looks very refreshing!!!
lovely salad Vardhini, beautiful clicks
Salad looks very inviting!
perfect salad ! Although I must add atleast 3 tsp of grated coconut to the Kosumalli made at home
lovely bowls there !
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Vardhini, awesome recipe and love the color of your bowl and the pictures. Looks so yummy!!!
Very inviting pics n hearty salad…looks yumm!!
where u get such colorful n attractive bowls?! this Sunday went shopping purposely to buy some bowls,plates etc but couldn’t fine such attractive,cute n small bowls..either too big or too costly, didn’t buy anything
Lovely salad.
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almost like the salad I did on Sunday – love this variation
Would love to have it with some raw mangoes too!!! The bowls are so eye-catching!!!!!
Healthy,nutritious and definitely a refreshing salad.
Love this salad.Very refreshing one…
Very healthys and the clicks are super ..Colour of the bowl is awesome….
Mum makes the same with carrot! Superb clicks
Those bowls and contrast looks great…beautiful pictures..
Very refreshing salad. Perfect for summer..
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