Monday, December 1, 2008

Koshimbirs or Maharashtrian salads


Koshimbir is a very important item of a maharashtrian meal. It is served as a side dish . It is a healthy and not a very time consuming dish. Very little cooking involved hence can be made in a jiffy. There is a lot of varietyand to start with I shall post tomato kanda koshimbir and gajar tomato koshimbir. You can eat it with roti.
Ingredients
3 medium size tomatoes finely chopped
1 medium size onion finely chopped
1 green chilly finely chopped
1 tbs of chopped green corrainder
1 heaped roasted peanut powder
juice of 1/2 lemon.
salt to taste. Sugar 1/2 tsp.
Tadka of 1/2 tsp mustard and 1/4 tsp hing in 1tsp of oil is optional.
Mix all the above ingredients and serve. Add salt just before serving in order to avoid a watery koshimbir.

Gajar Tomato Koshimbir
Mix together all the following ingredients:
3 grated carrots
1 chopped tomatoes
1 chopped green chilly
1 tbs chopped corriander
1 heaped ground roasted peanut powder
1/2 tsp sugar
juice of 1/2emon
salt to taste
Tadka of mustard and hing.

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