Gajar Koshimbir | Carrot Salad (an Indian side-dish)
Gajar Koshimbir is a simple Indian side dish prepared using freshly grated carrots. To make it, you can use any variety of carrots. Carrots are slightly sweet and crunchy in taste which will be complimented with an earthy and nutty tempering. This carrot salad is effortless and goes very well with dal-rice or sabji-roti.
Ingredients
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp asafoetida
- 1 tsp sugar adjust as per taste
- salt as per taste
- fresh coriander leaves
Instructions
- Take shredded carrots in a bowl. Here you can use orange or red carrots (if available) as per choice. I have used British carrots for this recipe.
- Next start preparing tempering for the salad. Heat oil in a small pan over high heat.
- Once oil is hot, add mustard seeds and turn heat to low.
- Mustard seeds will start to crackle then add cumin seeds, followed by asafoetida. You can smell wonderful aroma of this fresh tempering.
- Pour this freshly prepared tempering over shredded carrots.
- Next season with salt and sugar. Mix everything together.
- Finally, add finely chopped coriander into the bowl and combine well.
- Test the taste and if required add sugar or salt. Gajar koshimbir or Carrot salad is ready to serve.
Notes
- You would also like to try variations as below:
- Add fresh curry leaves in tempering.
- Mix roughly chopped roasted peanuts for the extra bite.
- Drizzle lemon juice over the top.