Belongs to Nandini Sambar 
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • Oil: 2tsp
  • Salt : 1tsp
  • Sambar Masala: 1tsp
  • Tamarind Paste : 2 -3 tsp
  • Arhar or Toor Dal: 1 cup
  • For Tempering:
  • Mustard seeds: 1tsp
  • Curry Leaves: few sprigs
  • Cooking Oil: 1/2 tsp
Belongs to Nandini Udipi Sambar -3  
ready in about an hour; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
  • Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
  • Dried red chillies - 6 nos
  • Groundnut oil - As reqd
  • Coconut oil - 2 tbsp
  • Green chillies - 2 nos
  • Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt - 1 tsp
  • Jaggery - 1 tsp
ready in about 40 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp.
  • Coriander seeds - 2 tablespoons
  • fry in oil & grind to a paste:
  • Coriander leaves - few
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Oil
  • Hing
  • Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp.
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
  • Sambhar powder - 1 tablespoon
  • Salt - as per taste
  • Tomato - 1
  • Pearl onions - 1/2 cup
  • Tamarind - a lemon sized ball
  • Toor dhal - 1 cup
  • Poppy seeds - 1/4 tsp.
  • Dry red chillies - 2
  • The trick lies in grinding the pearl onions raw alongwith the given ingredients.
  • Scraped coconut - 2 tablespoons
Belongs to Nandini Potato Gravy 
ready in about 40 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • green chilli - 1
  • grated coconut - 1 cup
  • dry red chilli - 1
  • - 2-3
  • fennels - 1/2 teaspoon
  • dry corriander seeds - 2 teaspoon
  • ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
  • curry leaves to garnish
  • tomato - 2
  • onion - 2
  • small potatoes - 500 gm
  • Oil - 3 teaspoon
Belongs to Nandini Idli sambar  
ready in about 40 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • Sambar powder - 1 tsp
  • Corrainder powder - 1 tsp
  • Chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves - 1 tbsp
  • Ginger - 1 inch
  • Green chilly - 2 nos
  • Tomato - 1 no
  • Onion - 1 no
  • Toor dal - 1/2 cup
  • Oil - 2 tsp
  • Water
  • Corriander leaves for garnishing
Belongs to Nandini Sambar 
ready in about an hour; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • Cumin seeds
  • Mustard
  • Oil
  • Turmeric powder
  • Corrainder powder
  • Red chilli powder
  • Garlic
  • no Green chilli
  • nos Tomato
  • Fenugreek seeds
  • nos Dry red chilli
  • Asafoetida powder
  • nos Curry leaves
  • Water
Belongs to Nandini Moong Curry  
ready in about 40 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • shredded coconut
  • red chillies
  • Juice of lemon sized tamarind
  • For tadka:
  • curry leaves
  • Mustard
  • Asafetida
  • Masala to grind:
  • green whole moong
Belongs to Nandini Sagoo 
ready in about 40 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • coriander leaves
  • curry leaves finely chopped
  • sugar
  • turmeric powder
  • lemon juice
  • fresh grated coconut
  • each ginger & garlic grated
  • each mustard & cumin seeds
  • cashew bits
  • green chillies
  • large onions chopped medium
ready in about an hour; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • Channa Dal/Spilt Bengal Gram
  • Jeera/Cumin Seeds
  • For Udupi Sambar Powder:
  • Urad Dal/Split Black Gram
  • Hing/Asafoetida
  • Curry Leaves
  • Turmeric Powder
  • Coriander Seeds
  • Methi/Fenugreek Seeds
  • Grated fresh/frozen Coconut
  • For Tempering:
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Hing/Asafoetida
  • Curry Leaves
Belongs to Nandini Udupi Samber 

This is the recipe served in the famed Udipi restaurants (the exponents of Mangalorean cuisine worldwide) with dosas and idlis. You do not need sambar powder with this recipe. Omit whichever veges you cannot find. You can make this without veggies too.

ready in about an hour; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • Mustards seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Coriander seeds - 1 1/2 tablespoons
  • Curry leaves - 5 springs
  • Urad Dal - 1 teaspoon
  • Red chilies - 6
  • Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Tamarind pulp - lemon sized ball of tamarind soaked in 1/3 cup of water.
  • Jaggery or brown sugar - 1 1/2 teaspoons
  • Oil - 2 tblsp