Sambar rice is a popular, delicious and very simple meal from Tamil Nadu in South India.

It’s topped with a tempering of crunchy cashew nuts and spices which provide texture and richness, and raw onion, tomato and coriander for freshness.

• 6 tomatoes - 4 roughly chopped, 2 finely chopped
• 1 small red onion - very thinly sliced
• 10g bunch of coriander - finely chopped
• 1 lemon
• 150g red lentils
• 200g basmati or standard long grain rice
• 50g unsalted cashew nuts