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August 10, 2010

Salem Thattuvadai Set/Nippat Sandwich

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Thattuvadai set is a most popular street food in Salem,Tamilnadu. Being a Salem girl/ Salemite, I used to have this snack at least once in a week before my marriage. Last week I went to my mom's place and bought few thattuvadai set for my family. I captured the making at that time and added a video here. I asked that anna about the chutney ingredients. He told the recipe roughly & he said this chutney stays good only for 3 hours. So make it fresh and serve.

Based on his recipe, I tried it on my own. It came out well. If you buy a packet of readymade thattu vadai , making this thattu vadai set would be very easy and quick. But I prepared everything by my own including thattu vadai. So I found it a bit time consuming. Finally I was very much satisfied with the outcome.



Salem Thattu Vadai Set Recipe


Salem Thattu Vadai Set Recipe How to make Salem special thattu vadai set with video !
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Sweet
Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 20 Minutes
Total time: 30 Minutes


INGREDIENTS
1 cup - 250ml
FOR GREEN CHUTNEY
  • Mint leaves - 1/2 cup
  • Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup (optional,He told to use only mint leaves)
  • Green chillies – 2 nos
  • Tamarind – Small berry size OR use few drops of lime juice
  • Salt & water – As needed.
FOR RED CHUTNEY
  • Cooking oil - 1 tbsp
  • Tomato - 3 nos
  • Big onion - 1
  • Red chilly – 5 nos
  • Garlic cloves - 4 (optional, I used it)
  • Salt – as needed
  • Water – As required.
  • Roasted gram – 1 tbsp (pottukadalai),optional
FOR FILLING
  • Finely chopped onions – as needed
  • Grated carrot – as needed
  • Grated beetroot - as needed ( i din't use as it was out of stock)
  • Chopped coriander leaves – a handful
  • Grated mango - as needed ( used during mango season)
  • Lemon – 1/2 no
HOW TO MAKE  SALEM THATTU VADAI SET - METHOD

  • Saute the tomato, onion, red chilly adding salt in a tsp of oil. Grind it to a thick paste adding required water. Add pottukadalai/fried gram if you wish. You can also saute 4 garlic cloves along with tomato.
  • Prepare the green chutney by grinding all the ingredients given under “ Green chutney” to a fine thick paste.
  • Grate the onions, carrots, beetroot and chop coriander leaves. Mix well and set aside. Cut the lemon and keep it ready.
  • Take 2 thatta vadai/Nippat for making one set. Apply red chutney on one side of thattai and green chutney to one side of other thattai.
  • Keep little filling in between like a sandwich. Sprinkle lemon juice and close the sandwich.
  • Serve immediately. I enjoyed it with coffee :)
Enjoy !

RECIPE



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40 comments :

jayasree said...

Mouthwatering pics... This is completely new to me i.e the idea of a sandwich with thattai.

Indian Khana said...

Looks awesome...delicious....

Umm Mymoonah said...

That's very new to me, looks so yummy.
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Chitra said...

Thanks for the quick comments ladies :)

Raks said...

Actually I have never tasted this before,heard for the fist time through you,sounds so yumm and looks very tempting too!

aipi said...

that looks so tempting..very creative

Shama Nagarajan said...

delicious recipe...nice one

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

even this is new to me.never tasted or heard this before.looks very crispy and yum.best teatime snack.

Unknown said...

Perfect evening snacky...nice clicks

Pavithra Srihari said...

this makes me highly nostalgic ... I used to have this before marriage atleast once in a week but now its become almost forgotten .. now u have reminded me this and given the recipe too .. what more i can get .. urs looks so perfect ...

Prema said...

luks very tempting,will try it.

Vikis Kitchen said...

OMG! chitra , you always make me crave:) Sandwich with thattai is a cute idea and I absolutely love this.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Super click..nice immagination.

Pavani said...

looks yummy n tempting...

Hari Chandana P said...

Sounds really interesting.. looks yummy and delicious.. beautiful presentation :)

Finla said...

I think now one can resiste those dabba snacks and these are just delicous looking.

Satya said...

looks sooo delicious n inviting ...beautiful presentation too

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chef and her kitchen said...

we make similar kind but I dont keep another one like sandwich ,we eat it as it is with the topping..lloooks really yummm

Food for 7 Stages of Life said...

Makes me feel nostalgic. Absolutely yumm. I think it very South Indian thing isn't it.

Ash said...

That's very innovative of you..... Very yum stuff & a surprise too.... :P

Ash...
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Ana Powell said...

I have never tasted your recipe before. I love its presentation, a great and very good looking proposal.
Wishing you a great week ♥

? said...

Loved the first snapshot; very tempting!

Rekha shoban said...

sandwich looks cute and colourful dear...

Chitra said...

Thanks a lot friends.. Ur comments made me feel proud..Do try this & let me know to make me more happy :)

lata raja said...

Oh my!!!! Chitra the filling, the chutneys all are so delicious. I have never tried this...even eating before now I shall get to make some thattais just to have them sandwiched.

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

wow...thats a gorgeous click da...! interesting recipe..!

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

chitra - looks so good! I am drooling here...

Myvegfare said...

Yup!, I have eaten this in Bangalore!, near vishweshpuram circle, God!, the road is full of these kinds of stuff!, I had completely forgotten about this!, I should try this out sometime, I used to break this nipattus into pieces and use it in making Bhelpuris!, Lovely click chitra!!, thankx for sharing!

Rachana said...

This is a very new dish to me...looks so tempting! A very interesting recipe!

PranisKitchen said...

the name itself is really interesting very yummy sandwich..

SHRIANNALAKSHMI said...

My fav snack too. I used to have in my hometown Salem, before marriage.Now I shall try your version also....Thanks for this wondeful recipe.

Unknown said...

This is new to me but, looks absolutely mouthwatering..

Aparna Balasubramanian said...

Even though thattai is a part of our traditional food, I have never come across this way of eating it. Looks most interesting.

Sharmi said...

very innovative and colourful!

Pravs said...

Thats a nice sandwich !

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Awesome click....Loved the idea of sandwich....
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Indira Priya said...

sooooooooooo yummy food... i used to have tis often.. all time favourite snackie.... tis is a special thing where u get in every streets of SALEM, TAMILNADU where i live...

Chitra said...

@ Indira , Me too from salem only :)

Abhinav V said...

@Chitra.. I have started a fan page for "Thattuvadai Set" in Facebook. I am using your image in the cover page of the community. Please let me know if you have any concerns.

Chitra said...

No issues, carry on abhinav...