Salna for parota
Salna for parota

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, salna for parota. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Parotta salna is a popular streetside hotel food in Madurai, Tuticorin, Salem and Chennai. Salna is a Tamil word I guess. Plain salna is also popularly known as empty salna.

Salna for parota is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Salna for parota is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have salna for parota using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Salna for parota:
  1. Get To sauté and grind
  2. Make ready Cumin seeds
  3. Get Pepper
  4. Get Fennel seeds
  5. Prepare Ginger
  6. Prepare Garlic pods
  7. Take Curry
  8. Take Onion chopped
  9. Make ready tomato chopped
  10. Make ready whole Cashews
  11. Get Grated coconut
  12. Take mint leaves
  13. Make ready To make gravy
  14. Prepare Whole spices (Cinnamon, cloves, stone flower, start anise)
  15. Take onion shopped
  16. Make ready small tomato chopped (optional)
  17. Take Curry
  18. Make ready Vegetables or chicken (optional)
  19. Prepare Spice powder (1 tsp chilly powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, pinch of turmeric powder) or replace all with 3 tsp homemade kari milagai thool
  20. Take Salt as required

Empty Salna recipe is nothing but a plain, watery, tomato based spicy gravy packed with awesome flavor. Parotta salna is a famous street food in Tamil nadu, espeically in my native town Madurai. Most of the salnas are non veg and so i never attempted to try that there. Parotta - Vegetable Salna - Famous Street Food of Tamil Nadu - Flaky bread prepared with all purpose flour, a generous amount of butter and ghee.

Steps to make Salna for parota:
  1. Heat a pan with oil. Add cumin seeds, pepper, fennel seeds, ginger, garlic and few curry leaves. Sauté for few mins.
  2. Add onion and sauté until it becomes soft. Add tomatoes and sauté until it becomes soft. Add cashews, grated coconut and mint leaves. Switch off the flame. Cool it and grind it into smooth paste.
  3. In a pan add all whole spices and let it splutter. Add onion, curry leaves and sauté well. Add 1 small tomato and sauté well. Add some vegetables or chicken and sauté until it gets cooked. Add ground paste, spice powders and salt. Add enough water and cook until done.

Served with Salna - curry prepared by cooking vegetables in coconut - poppy seeds paste and spices. Ask anyone from South of Tamil Nadu, they go gaga about their love for. This homemade salna recipe is an absolute alternate for regular chutney, sambar, dal, etc. You can add vegetables like carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas, potato, etc to make it healthier. In a kadai/pan add oil and wait.

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