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Sambar
Fruit and vegetables
1 small
onion
, chopped
100g/3½oz
carrots
, cut into 2cm/¾in chunks
100g/3½oz pumpkin or
butternut squash
, peeled and cut into 2cm/¾in chunks
100g/3½oz
green beans
, cut into 2cm/¾in lengths
1 medium
tomato
, chopped
1 tsp
fenugreek
seeds
4 dried Kashmiri
chillies
with seeds
handful fresh
curry leaves
1 small
onion
, finely chopped
1½ tsp
fenugreek
seeds
Tins, packets and jars
100g/3½oz toor dal (yellow split
pigeon peas
), well rinsed
1 tsp
chana dal
Cooking ingredients
1½ tsp ground
turmeric
1½ tsp
sugar
1½ tsp
salt
50ml/2fl oz
vegetable oil
1 tsp
coriander seeds
1 tsp
asafoetida
2 tbsp
vegetable oil
1 tsp black
mustard seeds
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