Ammiji’s Sambar Masala amla when a woman is not

when a woman is not in the mood to cook

Or in cakes

she’ll just order in some chholey to go with roti or rice and serve up a delightful meal

and like Indian highways

And while we slowly weasel out her precious recipes from her

Ammiji’s Sambar Masala amla when a woman is notThe fragrance of an ordinary home in the south of India, encapsulated in a jar We Punjabis, we can cook a brilliant dal. But no matter what we do, we cant transform it the way a South Indian will make sambar, Ammiji used to say whenever she ate sambar. We take Ammijis word as gospel. And thats why we took the help of a dear friend, a seasoned South Indian home chef, when we were working on this recipe. Because who would know the secrets of the perfect