Recipe: Perfect Salem Thattu Vadai Set

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Salem Thattu Vadai Set. Salem Thattu Vadai Set is a spicy, tangy and tasty street food from south India; fresh and tangy beet, carrot and onion filling is sandwiched between crispy set of thattu vadai, smeared with spicy chutneys on the inside, for a crunchy and spicy bite. Serve Salem Thattu Vadai Set Recipe with Irani chai for snacks. Salem Thattu Vadai Set is a popular street food from Salem, a small town in Tamilnadu (in the southern part of India).

My brother in law , is now in salem on an official transfer.

My sister was insisting me to post this thattu vadai recipe here for a long time.

Salem Thattu Vadai Set & Norukkal Chutney Recipe in Tamil

You can cook Salem Thattu Vadai Set using 26 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Salem Thattu Vadai Set

It’s of THE BEET-CARROT FILLING:.
You need of grated carrots.
You need of grated beetroots.
Prepare of thinly sliced onions.
You need of Juice of a lemon/lime.
Prepare of chopped coriander leaves/cilantro.
You need of Salt.
You need of finely chopped green chillies/jalapenos (optional).
Prepare of THE GREEN CHUTNEY:.
It’s of coriander leaves/cilantro.
Prepare of mint leaves.
You need of green chillies/jalapenos.
It’s of garlic.
You need of Juice of a lemon/lime.
You need of Salt.
It’s of THE RED CHUTNEY:.
Prepare of medium onion, cubed.
Prepare of tomatoes, chopped.
It’s of garlic or ginger.
Prepare of red chilli powder.
You need of small marble size tamarind or ½ teaspoon tamarind paste.
It’s of Salt.
It’s of cooking oil.
You need of Optional toppings or fillings:.
You need of Spicy roasted peanuts.
Prepare of Spicy khara boondis/deep fried besan batter balls.

We tried Salem thattuvadai set, cheese corn sandwich, smilies, french fries and noruks.

Thattu vadai set and noruks was awesome.

A must try joint and sure will have a new experience with thattu vadai options.

Thattuvadai set is a most popular street food in Salem,Tamilnadu.

Salem Thattu Vadai Set instructions

To make the green chutney: In a blender jar, place chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, garlic or ginger, salt to taste and blend to a fine paste. Remove to a bowl, add lemon juice, mix well. Keep aside.
To make the red chutney: In a small saucepan, heat oil. Add onions and garlic and sauté for about 2 minutes till slightly soft. Add red chilli powder, tamarind/tamarind paste, tomatoes and fry again for about 2 to 3 minutes more..
When cool, transfer to blender jar and make a fine paste. Remove to a small bowl. Add salt to taste and keep aside. Now, the chutneys are ready..
TO MAKE THE FILLING: Wash, peel and grate beetroots and carrots. Finely slice onions. (My food processor did the hard work!!) In a bowl, mix grated beets, carrots, onions, finely chopped coriander leaves, green chilles and lemon juice. Add salt to taste and mix well. Keep aside..
ASSEMBLING SALEM SETS: Apply red chutney to one side of half of the thattu vadais..
Place a teaspoon or two of the filling (be generous) over the crispies. Top with few kernels of spicy peanuts and some boondis (optional). Smear the rest half of the savory crisps with green chutney..
Gently top the filled thattu vadais like a sandwich and serve these crispy and spicy savory sandwiches immediately..
If you cannot get thattu vadais, you can try using papdis (a north Indian deep-fried flour crispy normally used in chaats) or even some salty crackers like Monaco biscuits or even Ritz crackers! For a more North Indian flavor, you can use tamarind chutney instead of the tomato-onion chutney..
Notes

If you do not have thattu vadais, you can use papdis (north Indian savory flour crispies mainly used in chaats) or even salt biscuits like Monaco biscuits, Ritz crackers etc. During mango season, you can add grated raw mangoes to the filling to give a new sour dimension to the sandwich set. Make sure the chutneys are spicy for a tasty treat. If you have access to spicy variety of thattu vadais (like mine) use them; Salem thattu vadai sets will taste much better..

For a north Indian touch with flavors of chaat, you can use chaat masala in the filling along with tamarind chutney instead of tomato chutney. Addition of sev (deep fried chickpea batter fine noodles) makes it crunchier..
Enjoy this unique street food from the southern state of Tamilnadu!.

Being a Salem girl,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 the guy about the chutney ingredients.

He told the recipe roughly & he said this chutney stays.