Gajarachi (carrot) koshimbir
Gajarachi koshimbir is a simple maharashtrian recipe. It can be made prepared in few minutes. Whenever you get bore of regular vegetables, you may replace the vegetable with this raita.
A simple Indian salad of freshly grated carrots incorporated with crunchy peanut bits tempered in an Indian way.Eating salad is a proven way of cutting down calories without compromising on necessary nutrients.
My mom used to prepare this regularly as a side dish (called tondi lavna in marathi).But my hubby doesnt like this so I dont make it often.
Gajarachi koshimbir can be prepared with curd or without curd ( I like without curd).
Naturally sweet, delicious and crunchy, carrots are healthy additions you can make to the vegetable list in your diet. Indeed these root vegetables comes with wholesome health benefiting compounds such as beta-carotenes, vitamin A, minerals and anti-oxidants in ample amounts.
Ingredients :
2 fresh carrots,
3-4 green chilies,
4 tsp peanut powder,
coriander leaves,
1 tsp lemon juice,
salt,
and sugar.
For tempering:
2 tsp oil,
1 tsp mustard seeds,
1/2 tsp asafoetida
4-5 curry leaves
Method:
1. Peel and grate carrots.
2. Add peanut powder, chopped chilies, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Mix well.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. As they start spluttering, add asafoetida. This is a tempering for koshimbir.
4. Pour this tempering on the prepared mixture. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
Variation:
1 Add 1 small chopped tomato and skip lemon juice.
2. Add curd after step 2 mix well & then go ahead with tempering (phodni in marathi)
Gajarachi koshimbir is a simple maharashtrian recipe. It can be made prepared in few minutes. Whenever you get bore of regular vegetables, you may replace the vegetable with this raita.
A simple Indian salad of freshly grated carrots incorporated with crunchy peanut bits tempered in an Indian way.Eating salad is a proven way of cutting down calories without compromising on necessary nutrients.
My mom used to prepare this regularly as a side dish (called tondi lavna in marathi).But my hubby doesnt like this so I dont make it often.
Gajarachi koshimbir can be prepared with curd or without curd ( I like without curd).
Naturally sweet, delicious and crunchy, carrots are healthy additions you can make to the vegetable list in your diet. Indeed these root vegetables comes with wholesome health benefiting compounds such as beta-carotenes, vitamin A, minerals and anti-oxidants in ample amounts.
- This root vegetable is especially contain good amounts of many B-complex group of vitamins such as folic acid, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin, pantothenic acid, etc that acts as co-factors to enzymes during substrate metabolism in the body.
- It also has healthy levels of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium, manganese and phosphorus. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure by countering effects of sodium. Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase.
Ingredients :
2 fresh carrots,
3-4 green chilies,
4 tsp peanut powder,
coriander leaves,
1 tsp lemon juice,
salt,
and sugar.
For tempering:
2 tsp oil,
1 tsp mustard seeds,
1/2 tsp asafoetida
4-5 curry leaves
Method:
1. Peel and grate carrots.
2. Add peanut powder, chopped chilies, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Mix well.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. As they start spluttering, add asafoetida. This is a tempering for koshimbir.
4. Pour this tempering on the prepared mixture. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
Variation:
1 Add 1 small chopped tomato and skip lemon juice.
2. Add curd after step 2 mix well & then go ahead with tempering (phodni in marathi)
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