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Sambhar vada: yellow lentil soup with spiced doughnuts
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Sambhar vada: yellow lentil soup with spiced doughnuts

20 ingredients 1 hr + 2 hr Serves 6 openrecipes
Sambhar vada: yellow lentil soup with spiced doughnuts

Sambhar (the soup) with vada (the doughnuts) is traditionally eaten for breakfast in the south of India and is a staple of street food stalls throughout the region.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

456
Calories
16g
Protein
2g
Fat
95g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 14 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Tamarind not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200g/7oz yellow lentils
  • 1 onion
  • 1 green chilli
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • salt
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 fresh curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp sambhar powder (available from Asian grocers)
  • 4–5 tbsp tamarind
  • 2 sprigs fresh coriander
  • 200g/7oz black gram (urid or urad) lentils, soaked in water for 1 hour
  • 1 tbsp rice
  • 1 onion
  • 1 green chilli
  • pinch bicarbonate of soda
  • 450ml/16fl oz sunflower oil

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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