Quote by User: Content A south Indian vegetable curry made largely from lentils Content A delicious stew made with split lentils assorted vegetables with Tamarind juice added to stew Sambar is usually served as first course served with rice in South Indian Vegetarian meal or with tiffin dishes like thosai idly vadai etc Content Sambar or sambhar is a South Indian dish made of lentils vegetables in a spicy tamarind base Sambar is usually eaten with steamed rice Several minor variants exist depending on meal of day region vegetable used 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 Sambar without lentils but with vegetables or fish is called Kozh Content A deer of southern Asia with antlers that have 3 tines