Kosmari or carrot salad

Ingredients:

Fresh carrot - ¼ Kg
Green chili - 1
Ginger - a small piece

curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt - ½ tsp
Lemon - ½

Sugar - a pinch (optional)

Grated coconut - 1tsp (optional)

For seasoning 

Urid dal - 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida - a pinch

Oil - 1 tsp 

Mustard seeds - ½ tsp 

Method:

• Wash and remove black spots from carrot as it may have mud particles and bacteria and grate it using carrot grater.
• Add salt, sugar, grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves. 
• Squeeze lemon.
• Heat oil on the pan and add mustard seeds. After it splutters, add the rest of the ingredients we have for seasoning. Finally add the curry leaves. Add to the grated carrot mix. Stir well.