Fresh Fenugreek salad is a simple, healthy and tasty salad. It pairs well with jowar roti. It is commonly called as Hasi Menthe Kosambri in Kannada.

Hasi Menthe is the Kannada word which translates as raw fenugreek leaves and kosambri refers to a salad.

In North Karnataka, a variety of dishes are served with jowar roti. Chutney, palya, kossambri and not mention the various podis. It is one such food the people of the region enjoy. Menthe kosambri is a simple, rustic yet tasty to the core. Now, one need not wonder if the recipe is of any use. If you do not make jowar roti, you can serve it with chaapthi. The best thing is it can be eaten as a snack too, add a few cherry tomatoes, top with nuts and a salad bowl packed with nutrients is ready.

I was amazed when I read the numerous benefits of fenugreek leaves. It is rich in nutrients as Folic acid, Vitamin A, B, K and C. It also contains riboflavin and niacin. The fibre helps in flushing out the toxins from the body. It also helps in treating gastritis and indigestion. Fenugreek leaves are one of the richest source of  Vitamin K.  It is heart friendly. It is rich in antioxidants. They help in proper functioning of the kidney. It helps in controlling cholesterol which may result in stroke, high blood pressure and heart failure.

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Fresh Fenugreek Salad | Hasi Menthe Kosambri

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fenugreek leaves
• 1 onion
• 1 cucumber
• 1 tomato
• 1 teaspoon roasted peanuts
• salt
• pepper powder
• lemon juice

Method  :

1. Wash the greens and keep it aside. Refer tips below on using it.
2. Roast the peanut, remove the skin by rubbing them lightly with your hand. Grind it coarsely.
3. Cut onion, cucumber and tomato into small pieces.
4. In a bowl add the ingredients and toss them.
5. Serve it fresh.

Take a tip:

• Use fresh fenugreek leaves. Use only the leaves, discard the stems. Whole leaves do not taste bitter, hence whole leaves are used after washing and drying them on a colander.
• Add salt just before serving.
• Do not skip on lemon juice, it lends a good taste to it.
• A  little bit of olive oil, addition of cherry tomatoes and topped with some grated cheese makes it a good  and easy salad recipe  to binge.
• The long variety of fenugreek leaves are ideal to eat raw.

Other  kind of salad recipes :

kidney bean and corn salad

watermelon rind salad

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Fresh Fenugreek Salad

Fenugreek leaves salad is a simple, easy to make salad. It tastes good with jowar roti.

Course lunch, mid-day snack

Cuisine Indian, karnataka

Keyword fenugreek salad, fresh fenugreek salad, hasi menthe kosambri

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 4 people

Author Jayashree

Equipment

• 4 small bowl
• 1 big bowl
• 1 serving spoon
• 1 colander

Ingredients

• 1 cup fenugreek leaves
• 1 onion
• 1 cucumber
• 1 tomato
• salt
• pepper powder
• lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon roasted peanut coarsely powdered

Instructions

• Wash the greens and keep it aside. Refer tips below on using it.
• Cut onion, cucumber and tomato into small pieces.
• In a bowl add the ingredients and toss them.
• Serve it fresh.

Notes

Use fresh fenugreek leaves. Use only the leaves, discard the stems. Whole leaves do not taste bitter, hence whole leaves are used after washing and drying them on a colander.
Add salt just before serving.
Do not skip on lemon juice, it lends a good taste to it. 

About the event :

Sending this to, ” Greens on My Plate” at Shhh Cooking Secretly. The theme for the month of August was was suggested by Seema Doraiswamy Sriram. Seema has used Asian greens to make a tasty  Gailan Stirfry.

My partner was Aruna Saras Chandra. As the salad fits the theme, I requested to give the ingreedients accordingly. She suggested pepper and lemon juice. Aruna made Gongura Pachadi with cumin and fenugreek seed, the secret ingredients I had given

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