sambar

IPA: sˈæmbˈɑr

(zoology) A Southeast Asian deer (Cervus unicolor).
(cooking) A food preparation common in southern India and Sri Lanka, made of vegetables and lentils (usually pigeon peas, also called toor dal) in a spicy tamarind and lentil flour soup base.

Examples of "sambar" in Sentences

The only time my mother cooked potatoes was in sambar.
I was right about the batata vada surprising all of us ... in sambar?!
I would make an easy sambar instead, because I absolutely love the presence of juicy chunks of vegetables in sambar.
Deep species such as sambar (Cervus unicolor), hog deer (C. porcinus), and wild boar (Sus scrofa) appeared to be numerous.
While mixed vegetable sambar is an all-time favorite in our home, I have recently started to make single-veggie sambars which always turn out so delicious.
Prey species such as sambar deer, wild hogs and macaques may overpopulate their habitats, a big change in Taiwan where only recently these species faced threats of extinction.
It sounds like this is a go-to spice powder for Kannada cooks - with potential uses in sambar, dry vegetable curries, gravies, and those delicious rice dishes such as vangi bhaat and bisi bele huli anna.