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