Quinoa kosambari, quick and easy salad made with quinoa and moong dal with fresh flavors. An easy and colorful salad.
Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine Asian, Indian, South-Indian
Keyword How to make easy salad, kosumalli recipe, Moong dal salad, Moong salad, Quick salad recipe, Quinoa recipe, Simple quinoa salad
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 122kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients (serves 3)
¼cuptricolor quinoawhen cooked yields 1 cup
⅓cupMoong dal
½an onionchopped thin (optional, omit for a sattvic meal)
1nogreen chilichopped fine
2tablespoonfreshly grated ginger
1nomedium sized carrotgrated
¼cupfreshly grated coconut
2tablespoonmint leavesfinely chopped
lemon juice, as needed
Salt to taste
Instructions
Wash and soak moong dal, in water for 20 minutes. After the said time, drain the moong dal completely. I left it to drain in the colander for 10 minutes.
Wash and rinse quinoa in water. I cooked the quinoa in Microwave, it can also be cooked on stove-top. Take the rinsed quinoa in a microwave safe bowl, add ¾ cup of water, Microwave @ high for 10 minutes, stir it once in between.
Take it out, there won't be any excess water, if there is any, drain and set aside until use. ¼ cup quinoa, when cooked yielded 1 cup of quinoa.
Now take cooked quinoa and moong dal in a large bowl, add shredded carrot, shredded ginger, chopped green chili, grated coconut and mint leaves, mix well. Add salt, lemon juice and mix again.
Let it sit for 5 minutes for the flavors to mingle, Serve with some mint leaves garnished.