Key facts
- Type
- Spiced vegetarian curry
- Place of origin
- India
- Region or state
- South India
- Serving temperature
- Hot
- Main ingredients
- Tamarind broth , lentils , vegetables
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- stew
- Part of
- Keralan cuisine
- Country of origin
- India
- Image
- Sambaar kadamba.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sambar (dish)
- different from
- sambal
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Encyclopedic overview
Sāmbār, or sambhar, is a lentil-based vegetable spiced curry or stew, cooked with pigeon peas and tamarind broth. It originates in South Indian cuisine and is also eaten in other parts of India.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sambar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.