Sambar, a south Indian dal, is a healthy and nourishing dish of vegetables stewed with lentils, tamarind, and a fresh-ground spice mix or sambar masala. Eaten with rice, dosa or idli, it makes a healthy, nourishing and delicious meal!
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Sambar is a south Indian dal or vegetable stew with lentils, tamarind, and a fresh-ground spice mix or sambar masala. Eaten with rice, dosa or idli, it makes a healthy, nourishing and delicious meal!

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What is sambar"

A sambar (also called kuzhambu) is a south Indian-style dal or lentil and vegetable stew. This is a bedrock dish of south Indian cuisine, eaten every day in many homes in south India, and especially in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Sambar usually has vegetables added to it, like pumpkin, small shallots, okra, eggplant, carrots, drumsticks (seed pods of the moringa tree), potatoes, etc., and you can make it with a mix of vegetables or with just one kind of veggie (like this onion sambar or white pumpkin sambar).

If you've been to a south Indian restaurant, you know sambar as one of the dipping sauces served with dosa or idli, alongside a coconut chutney. The restaurant version is usually watered down and often too spicy: rarely on a par with a fresh, homemade sambar.

I have two versions of sambar for you today: a simple one made with sambar powder, and a version made with a fresh-ground ...