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Hesaru Bele Kosambri

Servings 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup moong dal/ hesaru bele (yellow, split)
  • 1/2 " ginger
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1.5 teaspoon lime juice
  • 3 tablespoons grated cucumber
  • salt to taste
    • For tempering
  • 1 teaspoon ghee
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
  • 1/8 teaspoon asafoetida (hing)
  • 4 curry leaves
  • 1 dry red chilli
Instructions
  1. Wash moong dal. Then soak in water for half hour or till soft. Drain
  2. Peel and grate cucumber. Squeeze excess water from it. Peel and grate ginger. Finely chop green chillies.
  3. In a mixing bowl. put moong dal, cucumber, ginger, green chillies, salt, lime juice.
  4. For tempering, heat ghee in a small pan. Add mustard, urad. Let mustard start to crackle and urad turn red.. Add remaining ingredients and pour over the moong dal. Mix and serve as a salad.
Note
You may also add grated carrot or grated coconut or pomegranate pearls.
You may replace moong dal with sprouted green gram and cucumber with grated carrot and pomegranate. Remaining ingredients are the same.
Vary quantity of cucumber, carrot, green chillies, lime juice as per taste.
Read it online: https://prathiruchi.com/recipe/hesaru-bele-kosambri/