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Traditional Sambar Like My Amma's

April 15, 2022 09:31 IST
By DIVYA NAIR

Every South Indian home has its unique style of cooking sambar.

My mother-in-law, who is from Udupi, likes her sambar slightly sweet, using generous amounts of yam, brinjal and topped with a small ball of jaggery which melts and adds its own flavour to this watery, restaurant-variety of sambar and most of my friends gulp it down to the last drop.

I learned to make sambar from my Amma. Hers is mildly spicy but full of flavour. You may want to check my Amma's recipe here.

Over the years I have given Amma's recipe of sambar my own twist by adding the vegetables and spices I prefer, which has been now tweaked further to my son's liking.

Photograph: Divya Nair/Rediff.com

Traditional Sambar

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

For the tempering

For the masala

Method

Note: I mix bedgi with guntur chillies for better flavour.

I prefer using an aluminium kadhai as food cooks faster in it.

DIVYA NAIR / Rediff.com

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