Recipes / South Indian
Sambar
Lentil-vegetable stew with tamarind and mustard tempering.
Household recipes vary; this is a culinary overview for UK home cooks, not a certified restaurant method and not diet advice.
4 servings · Prep 15 min · Cook 40 min · Tamil Nadu / Karnataka
Ingredients
- 150g toor dal
- Tamarind soaking water
- 2 tsp sambar powder
- Vegetables (drumstick, pumpkin, or carrot)
- Mustard seeds, curry leaves, hing, oil
Method
- Cook dal until soft.
- Simmer vegetables with tamarind and sambar powder.
- Combine with dal. Temper mustard, curry leaf and hing in oil and pour over.
Spices used
- Sambar Masala (सांभर मसाला)Shop →
- Tamarind (इमली)Shop →
- Dried curry leaf (कढ़ी पत्ता)Shop →
- Mustard seed (राई / सरसों)Shop →
- Asafoetida (हींग)Shop →
