Sambhar- A healthy Indian food

Sambhar is the most common dish for an Indian hailing from South India and is an accompaniment for various cereals. It is tasty, spicy and wonderful low calorie accompaniment.

For all those who do not know what sambhar is (it is not a species of deer), it is a vegetarian dish made out of pulses ie yellow split pulses and a whole lot of spices such as cumin, turmeric, curry leaves and many many more spices and a lot of vegetables. It is a complete dish where you do not need to make separate vegetable dishes. The spices provide the antioxidants and various health promoting benefits. The lentils provide protein and the veggies give us the benefit of fiber. Usually a teaspoon of oil is added while seasoning which forms a part for our regular fat intake.

This dish is how mutual supplementation is done for vegetarians when combined with cereals.

Check the following link for mutual supplementation posted earlier.

Its also called as bachelors dish as all you need to do is make chapathi or roti and prepare sambhar. It becomes a complete meal and very easy to make if you get the ready made spice mixture.

Sprouts too can be added to the dish as this will also help to lower your cholesterol because of the fiber content and provide a lot of nutrients such as folate, magnesium, B vitamins and is low in fat. Sprouts can increase the protein content too.

If your child is fussy about eating vegetables, a few veggies can be mashed and added, your kid will never feels the difference. Greens too be can be added which will increase the fiber content.

It is low on calories and hence can be included in a weight reducing diet. So you can lose weight and continue to eat aromatic and tasty food.

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