Salna is a spicy, delicious side dish served with parotta in road side hotels of Tamil nadu(Kai endhi bhavan). It is very popular in Madurai. Empty Salna recipe is nothing but a plain, watery, tomato based spicy gravy packed with awesome flavor. But today I made vegetable salna recipe for parotta. Whenever I think about parota, the side dish that immediately strikes my mind is Salna. This road side hotel gravy is my favorite more than vegetable kurma that is served in restaurants. Nothing can beat this combo. Before marriage, my dad used to buy parotta salna almost twice in a month. We used to buy the parotta just for salna which tastes good for dosa, idli and chapathi as well. So we buy less parotta and ask for more salna ;). My mom makes idli /dosa additionally and we relish the salna with it. Even nowadays when I visit my mom’s place , my lovable dad never forgets to buy this for me.
Last week I bought frozen parotta for the first time just to prepare this salna. When I searched for the recipe, I got so many. Finally I made my own by combining all the recipes based on the salna I tasted. Usually in vegetarian salna , you can’t find any vegetables except onions, skin of tomato and a layer of oil floating on top and may be some pieces of cauliflower. I too wanted to make a plain tomato salna similarly. But I added some vegetables just to make it healthy. We loved its taste. Its taste will surely remind road side hotels salna to you. Lets see how to make parotta salna at home. Give a try and let me know how it turned out for you. Hope you will love it like me ;) If you have salna and parotta leftover in hand, you can make delicious kothu parotta too.
Do check out my Saravana bhavan style Parotta Kurma, Parotta recipe with less oil, Kothu parotta recipe, Tomato kurma and chilli parotta.
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1 cup - 250ml
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Sounds really tempting. Have not tasted before...wish I could taste now :)
ReplyDeletedelicious dear...Rush your delights for Fast Food Event - Noodles
ReplyDeleteI too love salna..looks perfect...yummy looking!!
ReplyDeleteDelicious dear..yummy combo...
ReplyDeleteDelicious salna..I wanted to give this a try at home..Never tasted it though..But now I can blindly follow your recipe..Im sure it will be a hot at home!!
ReplyDeletePrathima Rao
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wow.. super hot salna chitra... i seen mutton salna only be'coz in my home too my thambi bought with parotta... after seems you ll try veg version for me...
ReplyDeleteVIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA
Very nice and tempting recipe. Though i have heard this never know how to make this.
ReplyDeleteLove the gravy,looks so tempting.
ReplyDeleteWow delicious salsa.
ReplyDeleteDelicious salna.
ReplyDeleteIs salna similar to salan that we get in AP? A watery concoction that goes well with biryani. At least all major eateries serve it here. And as you say there are no vegetables in it at all but yet it is a great accompanying dish.
ReplyDeleteI can have two more parottas with this salna,fingerlicking excellent side dish.
ReplyDeleteI too love salna very much than parotta:) You did it nicely. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteMy Fav Combo Chitra,i always used to make this when i make briyani or paratha:)
ReplyDeleteI never had this kind of salna...Sounds good.
ReplyDeletewell i like this just because its vegetarian. :) i heared only non - veg salna :) thanks for sharing this :)
ReplyDeleteTried out and it turned out yummy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for trying and feedback, Glad u liked it :)
Deletehi i made this salna for parotta. parotta came out some what ok. but salna tasted excellant.the taste, consistency ,flavour everything came out very well. thank u.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot harini :) Glad u liked this salna better than parotta :)
DeleteSalna is a name I have never heard Chitra...but any accompaniment of parotta has to be good. ive bookamrked and I am going to try this soon.
ReplyDeleteShobha
Hi Chitra,
ReplyDeleteI am new to ur blog. Tried out Salna yesterday with parotta for dinner. Came out really well and it was a big hit at home. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank u so much for the feedback :)
DeleteHi Chitra,
ReplyDeleteAbsolute delicacy! I tried and it came out well!!
Thanks!
Thank u for the feedback:) I am glad u liked it !
DeleteHi chitra...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe ... I tried this and was yummy...:) I got the same taste which I have had in my childhood..:)
Hi chitra...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe ... I tried this and was yummy...:) I got the same taste which I have had in my childhood..:)
Thank u so much for the feedback.u made my day:)
DeleteHi chitra,
ReplyDeleteI have tried your veg salna atleast 6 times without knowing its your recipe. It comes out truly amazing. I have become a expert cook with this recipe. The salna has become such a hit that I make it atleast once a month. My wife has a broad smile the moment I ask if I shall make salna. Excellent way of detailing your recipes makes it easy for me. I do make adjustments in spice level, masala level to suite my daughters taste. 5***** rating for this popular tasty recipe. Keep it up.
Keerthi
I am truly overwhelmed by ur feedback. Its great tat u cook for ur wife :) Hats off !!!Thanks again :)
DeleteI did this today ,it was so yummy .My husband repeatedly asked where u got this recipe from .The spice was little high for us but i adjusted using some lemon juice at the end .Wonderful salna chitra
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot dear for trying dear.Now I have reduced the spice level and updated the recipe.Thanks again :)
Deletewe had it with dosa too .i ate 3 dosas more than i have . if you are near me i would have def treated u with something ...thanks once again .
DeleteHaha,thanks da :)
DeleteHi I tried ur recipe and it came out really well.it tasted as like in restaurants.thanks a lot for the recipe
ReplyDeleteHi tried ur recipe today and it came out really well.it tasted as like in restaurants.thanks a lot for the recipe
ReplyDeleteThank u so much for trying & feedback. I am so gald u liked this recipe :)
DeleteTried this recipe today and it turned out super yummy!! thanks much for posting this!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteWow bucket full of salna. You sure do love your salna. I love salna, but to eat, not have a bath with it. Looks pretty good, will try and post comments again
ReplyDeleteI have tried this salna so many times now, but have never left a comment. It's a big win win in my home! It tastes so delicious! Thank You!!
ReplyDeleteHappy to know this :) Thanks a lot !
Deletehi mam, i this is first recipe i tried from ur blog.. came out awesome.. gonna enjoy with kuska.. thanku mam
ReplyDeleteThank you for the feedback :)
DeleteLooking osum... cud yu tell me can i replace anything for coconut.. i dont get coconut in my place..
ReplyDeleteInstead of coconut, you can increase the quantity of poppy seeds to 2 tbsp, cashews to 5 nos. You can add a tsp of rice flour while grinding. It helps to give a binding. But the taste of salna will differ as there is no coconut. Still tastes good i feel :)
DeleteWow.. it tastes so yummy.. looking for Salna recipe for a long time.. and ur recipe is so simple but PERFECT .. thank u so much
ReplyDeleteThank you !
DeleteTried your receipe twice...second time, made it as side dish for Biriyani for a big get together, everyone liked it...many of my friends, it went well with parota than biriyani..glad I tried it and it was sooper Yummy. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Happy to know it :)
DeleteYesterday I prepared this with chapathi.It was so tasty.Thank you for the recipe
ReplyDeleteYesterday I tried this recipe and it was so tasty.Thank you for this recipe
ReplyDeleteGlad u liked it.Thanks for the feedback :)
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