Salna for parota
Salna for parota

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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 favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Salna for parota is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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. Prepare To sauté and grind
  2. Make ready 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp Pepper
  4. Take 1 tsp Fennel seeds
  5. Take 1 inch Ginger
  6. Take 5-6 Garlic pods
  7. Prepare leaves Curry
  8. Prepare 2 Onion chopped
  9. Make ready 1 tomato chopped
  10. Take 5 whole Cashews
  11. Get Grated coconut
  12. Make ready 10 mint leaves
  13. Take To make gravy
  14. Make ready Whole spices (Cinnamon, cloves, stone flower, start anise)
  15. Get 1/2 onion shopped
  16. Make ready 1 small tomato chopped (optional)
  17. Take leaves Curry
  18. Make ready Vegetables or chicken (optional)
  19. Get 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.

Instructions 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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