Maybe we all also eat salad with our daily meals. Salad plays a constant role in our diet – be it with chicken and rice, or dal-rice, or as a snack. However, when we describe or discuss the traditional desi thali, it is greatly underestimated. Desi salad, unlike exotic salad bowls, is quite simple, hearty, and can be made with simple foods like onions, cucumber and tomatoes. People also like to add beetroot, radish, capsicum, cabbage etc. to their salad mix. Some add simple salt and pepper to it and some like to keep it elaborate and add lime juice, sauce etc. to it. In fact, different regional cuisines have different salad mixes. For example, North Indian kebabs come with onion flakes.
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We recently tried another unique type of salad from Maharashtra called Koshimbir. Koshimbir is basically a simple onion salad with salt, sugar, green chillies etc. It is simple, hearty and loads you up with a decent amount of healthy nutrients, thanks to the ingredients used. Also, it cleanses the palate and adds crunch to the food. This special recipe has been shared by celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar on Instagram. She suggests that you should use small white onions for this recipe and not regular onions. White onions are sweeter and less pungent than regular red onions. Take a look at the recipe.
Koshimbir Recipe | How to make Maharashtrian Onion Salad:
- Wash and chop the onion.
- Add salt, sugar, chopped green chilies and crushed roasted peanuts to it.
- Mix everything together and let it set for sometime.
- In the meantime, arrange your meals together.
- Grab some Koshimbir nearby and enjoy.
Check out the detailed Koshimbir (Maharashtrian Onion Salad) recipe here:
Try it today and let us know how you liked it.
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