Kosambari / Carrot Salad

This week I'm paired with Swetha of  Experiments, Emotions, Experiences with food & I chose kosambari for my blog hop this week.Her version is a little different from the traditional kosambari. She avoided pulses from the recipe & it makes kosambari a healthy veggie salad.  

Ingredients

1 Cup grated carrot 

1/2 Cup chopped onions

2 Tbs grated coconut

2 Green chilli's sliced 

1 Tbs lemon juice 

Pinch of salt

Cilantro for garnish

For Grated carrots

Wash carrots and wipe them with a cloth. Peel off the skin with a peeler & grate them.

Mix carrot, onion, green chilli & coconut in a bowl. Add salt & lemon juice to the mixed veggies & mix them well. Garnish with finely chopped cilantro and serve this salad as a side dish.

I had kosambari before but I just couldn't remember when I had it. I was breaking my head to get back my memories.But while writing this post I realized that when I was in san diego we had a kannadiga friend who served this amazing salad for lunch & that's where I had it. 

Garden salad with Yogurt Mustard dressing

As you all know salads can be made of different ingredients.I prepared a green salad for dinner to cut down some calorie intake at nights.

I have used limited veggies or can say like those are available in my refrigerator.

The dressing has been altered with some ingredients to cut calories. For a mayonnaise & sour cream I used home made low fat yogurt.

 

Ingredients :

Veggies

1 cup of Shredded Carrot 

1 Cup of Shredded Red Cabbage 

1/2 cup chopped Onion 

1 cup of chopped Lettuce

1/2 cup Cherry Tomatoes 

Dressing 

1/2 cup Low fat free yogurt  

2 Tbs Lemon juice 

1 Tbs Mustard powder

1 clove of Garlic minced

1/2 Tbs Red chili flakes

1/2 Tbs ground black pepper

Salt acc to taste

Take a big bowl with all the veggies mixed in it expect tomatoes. 

For Tomatoes

Cut cherry tomatoes in to half n place them on a baking pan. Drizzle a little of Olive oil. Bake tomatoes @ 350 degrees for 15mins.

For Dressing 

Take a bowl n mix up all the dressing ingredients together to a smooth paste. 

Take the tomatoes out of oven. Let them cool for few mins. Mix up dressing and veggies together. 

* Cover the salad bowl and allow it to sit in a refrigerator for a tasty salad.

Out come: After tasting it my hubby said let's skip dosa's for dinner & replace them with Salad :)