Monday, December 17, 2007

Chana Dal Salad




Chana dal salad is a popular salad in southern parts
of India. While growing up in Bangalore, I vividly
remember this salad was the "Prasadam" in a nearby
temple.

Since I like to eat raw food sometimes, I recently
made chana dal salad. I loved the taste of this simple
salad. I'm sure I will be making this salad regularly
during summer.

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Chana Dal Salad

1/4 cup Chana dal
1 cucumber
1 carrot
1/4 tsp canola oil
1/8 tsp mustard seeds
1 red chili, broken into pieces
1 tsp lemon juice
salt

Soak chana dal for about 5 hours. Drain the water.
Finely chop the cucumber into small pieces. Grate the
carrot. Mix soaked chana dal, carrot and cucumber. Add
salt and lemon juice to the salad.

In a small pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds. Once the
mustard seeds pop, add broken red chili pieces. Add
this mixture to chana dal salad. Garnish with
cilantro or unsweetened coconut.

9 comments:

Meg Wolff said...

This one is very appealing to me too!

ChocolateCoveredVegan said...

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Rural Vegan said...

This has to be amazing with fresh cilantro on top!

Sagari said...

healty ans satisfing salad kumudha

Rajesh &Shankari said...

oh wow! I have had this salad with moong dhal..I have to try this one!

Vegan_Noodle said...

Sounds yummy, I love chana dal.... and so healthy for you!

Jenny said...

That looks so good. Yum.

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