Tomato Carrot Koshimbir (Maharashtrian Salad)

Carrot and Tomato Salad in Marathi

Serves: 2 to 3 persons

Ingredients:
1 cup grated Carrot (2 medium Carrots)
1 medium Tomato, finely chopped
2 small Green Chilies
2 tbsp Cilantro, finely chopped
2 tbsp Roasted peanuts powder, coarse
1 tsp Lemon juice
Pinch of Asafoetida
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Ghee
1 tsp Sugar, or to taste
Salt to taste

Method:
1) Take a bowl, add grated carrots and chopped tomato. Take another bowl, add finely chopped green chilies and little salt to it and crush with fingers or spoon. Add and mix it with carrots and tomato. (Note 1)
2) Now add peanuts powder, lemon juice, cilantro, salt and sugar. Mix nicely with the spoon.
3) Heat Ghee in a small saucepan, add Asafoetida and Cumin. Stir for 5 seconds with the spoon and immediately pour it over Salad. and mix nicely.
Serve as salad and side dish in the meal.

Note:
1) Another method of adding green chilies is, add chopped chilies into hot Ghee, with cumin. Stir for 10 seconds and pour it into Salad. This will help to spread hotness of chili evenly into salad.
2) Make this salad more healthy by skipping Ghee seasoning (Step 3). To give cumin flavor, sprinkle little cumin powder.

Labels:
Carrot and Tomato Salad, Carrot salad, Tomato Salad, Indian salad, Koshimbir, Kozambari