Traditional Sambar Recipe

Name: Traditional Sambar Recipe
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp tamarind; 80 ml hot water; 100 g tuvar dal; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 400 ml water; 350 g mixed vegetables; 2 pc drumsticks; 7 pc pearl onions; 1 pc onion; 1 pc tomato; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; ½ tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp salt; 1½ tbsp sambar powder; 2 tbsp sesame oil; ½ tsp mustard seeds; 2 pc dried red chillies; 12 pc curry leaves; 2 pinch asafoetida; 6 pc fenugreek seeds; 1 tbsp coriander leaves

A traditional South Indian lentil stew with toor dal, tamarind, vegetables and sambar masala, finished with a mustard-seed tempering.

45 min 273 kcal/serving serves 4

273kcal10gprotein42gcarbs8gfat

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🫙tamarind

💧hot water

🥣tuvar dal

🫙ground turmeric

💧water

🥣mixed vegetables

🥣drumsticks

🍐pearl onions

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About Dassana Amit

Indian vegetarian home cook and founder of Veg Recipes of India

Dassana Amit is an Indian home cook and food writer best known as the founder of Veg Recipes of India, one of the most widely used vegetarian recipe websites for Indian home cooking. The site has built a large following for its thorough, step-by-step approach to regional and pan-Indian vegetarian dishes.

Her recipes focus on everyday vegetarian Indian cooking, including dals, curries, rice dishes, and North Indian staples, built around layered spice blends like garam masala and tempered tadkas. Recipes are generally written for home cooks rather than restaurant technique, with detailed step-by-step photographs and precise measurements that prioritise reliability over shortcuts.

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