Rainbow Sambar

Mathangi Subramanian

“What should we make for lunch today?” asks Paati.
“Let’s make rainbow sambar!” says Bhavya.
“How do you make rainbow sambar?” asks Paati.
“I’ll show you,” says Bhavya.

Crispy violet sambar onions

Plump indigo brinjal

Chop them up with a blue knife.

Skinny green drumsticks

Round yellow toor dal

Crunchy orange carrots

Juicy red tomatoes

Wash them, chop them. Put them in a pot. Add sweet and sour golden-brown tamarind and spicy yellow
sambar powder.

Fry them.
Stir them.
Let them sizzle and simmer.

That’s how you make
rainbow sambar !