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Vegetable sambar
Preparation info
- Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 1999
Sambar powder is a spice blend used in the cooking of southern India to flavour vegetable and lentil preparations. Sambar is served as a starting point for a meal — a fiery-hot liquid with mellow spicing that falls somewhere between a soup and a curry. Serve with plain rice.
Ingredients
50 ml 2 tablespoons ⅓
Method
- Heat half the vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry sambar powder over a moderate heat until crisp. Add coconut and cook for 1 minute. Blend mixture to a smooth paste in a food processor.
- Cook dal in boiling water with ground turmeric until softened, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and strain, reserving 150 ml cooking water.
- Heat remaining oil in a
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