CARROT SALAD

Recipe by: Hema Raghavendra

Ingredients:
Grated Carrot – 2 cups
Moong Dal / Mung Bean – 1/4 cup
Chopped Coriander Leaves / Cilantro
Chopped Green Chilly – 2
Lemon Juice – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Oggarane / Tampering Ingredients:
Coconut/Sunflower Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard – 1/2 tsp
Urad Dal / White Lenthils – 1/2 tsp
Red Chilly – 1
Curry Leaves – 5

How to Prepare:
Soak moong dal in water for an hour until it turns soft. Pour out the water and have the dal transferred to a vessel. Add grated Carrot, Lemon Juice, chopped Green Chillies, Coriander leaves and Salt and hand mix the combination.
Oggarane or Frying in Kadai:
Heat sunflower or coconut oil in frying pan. Add mustard seeds.
When mustard stops spluttering add urad dal, red chilli and curry leaves.
Fry well till the urad dal turns golden brown.
Add Oggarane to the salad combination prepared above. Mix well with spoon or hand.
This health-giving dish can be had with Chapati or on its own like any salad.

Note: You can also add grated coconut to the above combination