Talk:Sambar (dish)

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Move[edit]

Moved Sambhar to Sambar. Ambarish Talk 19:42, 4 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation[edit]

Disambiguated the deer from the dish. Ambarish Talk 07:55, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Neuropictorial Programming[edit]

This should not be presented from the top view and set within a circle of silver. The extant Maharajas would not be pleased with what this implies, that their orders are mere curries to be EATEN. If the Indian State governments are wily enough, they will begin making sure that the Maharajas get as much media coverage and in direct counter to all other royal news from anywhere else. India was blighted by the presence and loss of the Maharajas. To find a balance is the job of the Indian government. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.106.148.161 (talk) 03:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Recipe[edit]

Recipe for Sambar removed from this page and moved to Wikibooks. Kevyn 07:07, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Facts[edit]

(Referring to the Tamil portion). Is it accurate to say Kozhambu are a variant of sambar? As I saw it, sambar is a form of kozumbu made with tamarind and lentils. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.156.60 (talk) 13:36, 21 March 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the above. Kuzhambu can refer to any gravy dish that includes one or more vegetables in contrast to rasam which does not have any significant vegetable. Eg; Moorkuzhambu, kaarakuzhambu, vattakuzhambu, .. So Sambar is a subsect of Kozhambu and not the other way around. The error can be rectified. rams81 (talk) 11:58, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

info about Saaru[edit]

I am moving this here, since the info is false here but can be moved to an article about saru/rasam with a bit of tweaking.

Sambar without significant vegetable content is called Saru in Karnataka. Saru without lentils is called hunise saru (tamarind saru), which becomes menasina saru (pepper saru) if pepper is added.

--Pamri • Talk 09:35, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Pamri, I had a doubt about this. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 13:54, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Kannada name says "saaru" which is not correct, i think. It should be either "sambaru" or "huLi", "huLi" being used mostly in Shimoga and DK district. 203.197.96.50 (talk) 12:00, 3 January 2009 (UTC) Adi[reply]

Cookbook templates[edit]

I added both the templates {{copy to Wikibooks Cookbook}} and {{Cookbook}}, despite the fact that they are generally mutually exclusive. I did this because the Cookbook already has a page on Sambar, but it doesn't have these recipes. If anybody has any better ideas, or wants to put it on the Cookbook and be done with it, go ahead. -- kenb215 06:40, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's been re-imported, as both recipes on this page are different from the one we had previously. In the future, please just add new recipes directly to the Cookbook, so we don't have to keep re-importing this. --SB_Johnny|^talk|_books 12:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology[edit]

What is the etymology of "sambar" and from which root language does the word come? Does anyone have a dictionary in one of the South Indian languages that gives this information? Badagnani 20:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The etymology and the legend behind sambar has been added rams81 (talk) 09:26, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have noticed that somebody deleted the legend of Sambar with Maratha rulers of Tanjore and replaced it with an alternate etymology. The only source of the alternate etymology is from a Srilankan Tamil Newspaper. As it is, unless someone brings a stronger proof for the etymology, both shall stand as alternate explanations. Please don't remove unless you discuss it here. rams81 (talk) 17:49, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Tamil article in question http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=36227 refers to an inscription - "South Indian Inscriptions, IV, 503, 1530 CE". The "South Indian Inscriptions" are a set of books published by the Archealogical survey of India. It can be found here: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61208 This is the strongest proof that exists. The Maratha royal kitchen origin is a legend which has no proof as far as I know. Umesh Mohan (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:31, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Mohan, could you please add this info in the page? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chippy pest (talk • contribs) 20:45, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

TamilNet is not a reliable source by Wikipedia standards: no author is mentioned for this particular article, and the website in general is not WP:HISTRS-compliant.

The 'champaaram-sambar' connection is entirely plausible, but needs a better source and attribution. utcursch | talk 12:17, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

toovar dal not lentils[edit]

Although lentils can refer to a wide range of pulses it generally specifically refers to masoor dal which is not commonly used to make sambar. To try and reduce confusion I have amended the article thus. --Vince 17:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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