Thattu vadai set is made by sandwiching thattu vadai with a salad of grated carrot, beetroot, onion along with lemon, chaat masala and chaat chutneys. I saw a video in which they use orange chutney which could be the onion tomato kara chutney and a green chutney. I tried both with kara chutney and red chutney and it was nice. Brought up in Salem, I have had this n number of times!! – is what I wish to write, but no, its not true. I have never seen or tasted this in my life ever😞. Till now😛. But I have got many requests to post thattu vadai set for past few years. When I got my first request only I knew there is one such street food existing in Salem. So from that time onwards when I searched, I saw a video in youtube… I have watched it enough but never tried. Whenever I get thattai from India, I will plan to try but I will eat as such before I buy the other ingredients. Then I thought I should make thattai myself and try as the store bought thattai are not photogenic. So did the years pass by. So this time, when my FIL passed these thattais from A2B, I got all the ingredients ready to try and then only opened the pack. I really loved it when I tasted. I should try this somehow when I go to Salem next time.
Thattu vadai set recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time: 20 mins | Cook time: 0 mins | serves: 4
Prep Time: 20 mins | Cook time: 0 mins | serves: 4
Ingredients
Thattu vadai – 8
Grated carrot – 1/2 cup
Grated beetroot – 1/2 cup
Onion – 1
Lemon juice – from 1/2 of a lemon
Green chutney – 2 tbsp
Red chutney – 2 tbsp
Onion tomato chutney – 2 tbsp
Chaat masala – As needed
Coriander leaves, chopped – 1/4 cup
Grated carrot – 1/2 cup
Grated beetroot – 1/2 cup
Onion – 1
Lemon juice – from 1/2 of a lemon
Green chutney – 2 tbsp
Red chutney – 2 tbsp
Onion tomato chutney – 2 tbsp
Chaat masala – As needed
Coriander leaves, chopped – 1/4 cup
Method
- Finely slice onion. In a mixing bowl, mix carrot, beetroot, onion, lemon juice, coriander leaves.
- Arrange two thattu vadai in a plate. Spread green chutney in one side of a thattai. On another thattai, spread red chutney or orange chutney.
- Place generous mixture of the carrot, beetroot, onion over one of the thattai with chutney and sprinkle chaat masala generously. Place the other thattai with chutney spread side inside and make a sandwich.
Notes
- Add lots of lemon juice as beet root will be tasting bland.
- Though kara chutney will be good, I miss sweetness in the chaat. So I prefer red chutney over kara chutney.
- Let the chutneys be spicy.
Enjoy the tasty snack immediately. This can be made with mini sized thattai. It looks pretty and easy to eat too. 
Gayathri Sudharson
September 28, 2015 at 9:51 amLooks tempting Raji…. thanks for sharing this. I am from Salem and its my favourite street food…. its one snack that gives same taste no matter how many times you eat it. Please do try once in salem and you'll ask for more .
Sowmya Sundararajan
September 28, 2015 at 12:13 pmReminded of Salem days. Thanks for this post Raji.
ARC
September 28, 2015 at 8:45 pmWow ,,My favourite..Yummy
Traditionally Modern Food
September 28, 2015 at 11:08 pmThis s new to me.. Quick and yummy snacks.. Love the addition of beets
Girinath Karthikeyan
September 29, 2015 at 6:29 amThank you so much i love the recipe….it's awesome…..
Ram Sripathi
October 1, 2015 at 3:41 amReminded me of the thattu vadai from my school canteen in Salem. This was the only place I was allowed to eat outside of home and not with elders. The pictures make it even more enticing.
Sathya Ambalam
October 2, 2015 at 12:17 amI feel like grabbing them from the pics..very tempting clicks..
Anonymous
October 3, 2015 at 8:25 amWow….looks so welcoming 🙂
Mythily Nadarajan
October 10, 2015 at 9:31 amWow Raji so tempting it is.
Your blog is my guru for cooking passion i say. Infact it was an life saviour after wedding when i first entered kitchen. Now i can make attempt on cooking anything and your blog has helped a lot.
Learnt lots n lots of recipes from you. Only thing is don't have enough time to click pics and sent to you as i now have my 4 months old baby.
How come anybody from salem miss this? Tempting they are and u really reminded me of my childhood days.
I'm too from Salem now settled in bangalore
Swetha Srini
October 10, 2015 at 2:41 pmi used to eat it for 5 rs in my home town … but that shopkeeper used
a different receipe ….
Unknown
November 5, 2015 at 11:43 amReally a tempting snack… I love it as I am from Salem… U can add garlic chutny so that it gives different flavour… Just an idea…
sukhanya k
January 21, 2016 at 8:58 amRaks, do they usually add coconut oil a bit to it? When I was small my mom used to get me this in Salem I still remember that hint of coconut smell in thattu vadai…
Raks anand
January 21, 2016 at 9:15 amI dont know, i should taste once 🙂
Sindhuja Venkat
August 10, 2017 at 2:18 pmIts not cocunut oil. ITs coconut mango chutney to get the flavour and spl taste
Sindhuja Venkat
August 12, 2017 at 1:15 amIts not coconut oil. we use coconut mango chutney which gives the flavour