Originally Posted by Points Scrounger
The closest I can come to describing sambar is to expect a cup of spicy lentil-vegetable soup; it's more like mulligatawny (or even hot-and-sour) than Campbells or Progresso though. Sambar and the coconut sauce are (usually) offered automatically with south Indian meals.
We aren't fans of coconut!
But I guess sambar would be interesting to sample.