Getting Sambar Right: The Ratios and Rules That Actually Matter
Sambar is one of those dishes that looks deceptively simple — it's lentils, vegetables, and spice — but tastes completely wrong when even one element is off. Here at Padappai Brothers, we've spent a lot of time thinking about why homemade sambar rarely tastes like the version you grew up eating, and the answer almost always comes down to the same handful of fixable mistakes.