Tomato Onion Koshimbir (A Maharashtrian salad)
This salad or kachumber or koshimbir reminds me of the summers spent at Ajji’s (Naani’s) house. This preparation is a representative of a typical Maharashtrian koshimbir that usually has finely chopped veggies, the quintessential peanut powder and a tadka for tempering. You can try new salads with grated cucumber or kheera or grated carrot instead of tomatoes and onions, on similar lines.
Tomato Onion Koshimbir (A Maharashtrian salad)
Ingredients
- Tomatoes – 2 nos. finely chopped
- Onion – 1 big, finely chopped
- Coriander leaves – finely chopped
- Green chillies – 2 nos. – lengthwise split into halves
- Peanuts – 1 tbsp
- Asafoetida
- Mustard seeds
- Sugar – 1 tsp (optional)
- Salt
Broil (dry roast) the peanuts on a tava or in a kadai without using oil. Keep stirring frequently. When the peanuts get pink-brown spots on them, switch off the flame. Spread out the peanuts on a plate and let them cool. After they are cool, hull the peanuts(the papery outer covering) and grind them coarsely. Now this peanut powder is a common ingredient in Maharastrian cooking, so in typical households this powder is prepared and stored for a week or so. Then, just mix the finely chopped tomatoes, onions, peanut powder, salt. Add sugar if you like a hint of sweetness. For the tempering or tadka, take 1tsp oil in a small kadai, when the oil heats, add mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and green chillies. Switch off the flame and pour the tadka on the koshimbir. Mix well and garnish with coriander.
Neat site – do you really cook all this? In case you have any microwave recipes do share!
Yes I do.
). And I do not post about the stuff that gets burnt. 
As of now, apart from heating food and making rice I do not know any other uses of the microwave yet. Do keep visiting, you never know what I might have learnt!
I made something today.. with a strange set of ingredients as it was raining and I had no enthu to go to the market. But I felt like cooking..maybe effect of reading your blog. Will share the recipe tom. if it turns out well
Oh awesome! I hope it is some fried pakora ka bhai behen types. Only fried food can do justice to the rains.
[...] a green chutney and panchamrit – a tamarind/jaggery & nuts based chutney. Koshimbeer – raw salads generally paired with roasted peanut powder (daanyache koot) and flavored with either lemon juice or a plain yogurt based koshimbeer. Mattha – [...]