Definition of "sambar" []

• A large deer (Cervus unicolor) of southern Asia, having three-tined antlers and a reddish-brown coat. (noun)

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• "I was right about the batata vada surprising all of us ... in sambar?!"
• "It sounds like this is a go-to spice powder for Kannada cooks - with potential uses in sambar, dry vegetable curries, gravies, and those delicious rice dishes such as vangi bhaat and bisi bele huli anna."
• "While mixed vegetable sambar is an all-time favorite in our home, I have recently started to make single-veggie sambars which always turn out so delicious."