South Indian Sambar

Name: South Indian Sambar
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 200 g toor dal (split pigeon peas); 2 piece carrots, diced; 150 g pumpkin, diced; 100 g green beans, cut into pieces; 2 piece tomatoes, diced; 20 g tamarind paste; 10 g sambar masala; 5 g black mustard seeds; 10 piece curry leaves; 30 ml vegetable oil; 1 pinch salt and turmeric

Toor lentils simmered with tamarind, sambar masala and diced vegetables, finished with a fragrant tempering of mustard seeds and curry leaves. Tangy, spiced and vegan..

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Cook time

50 min

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Servings

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Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

230 kcal

Calories

11 g

Protein

6 g

Fat

32 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 4 servings

Instructions

1
Simmer the toor dal in plenty of water with a pinch of turmeric until soft, then mash roughly.
2
Add the carrots, pumpkin, beans and tomatoes along with the sambar masala and cook until the vegetables are tender.
3
Stir in the tamarind paste, season with salt and loosen the stew with water to the consistency you like.
4
For the tempering, heat the oil, let the mustard seeds and curry leaves crackle, then pour the fragrant oil over the sambar.