Soggade Chinni Nayana

This reviewer's mother would often narrate a tiny story. A mother once asked her four kids what they wanted for dinner. The eldest demanded lady fingers, the second insisted on carrots, the third was keen on drum sticks, and the youngest wouldn't look beyond potatoes. The mum smiled at this lengthy wishlist, took a handful each of these vegetables, chopped them up and dunked them into one single dish – sambar.

Good old sambar. Needs tact but not very difficult to make, superbly enjoyable, and has something for everyone. We could well be talking about the hailed concept called ....