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Idli with Sambar
Steamed fermented rice and lentil cakes served with tangy vegetable sambar — the iconic South Indian breakfast.
Ingredients
Instructions
Grease idli moulds, fill with fermented batter.
Steam over boiling water 12 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
Cook toor dal until soft, add vegetables and simmer 10 minutes.
Add sambar powder, tamarind and turmeric, simmer 15 minutes.
Heat oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, chillis and asafoetida.
Add tempering to sambar, stir through.
Serve hot idlis with sambar and coconut chutney.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.
