Salem thattu vadai set is made by sandwiching thattu vadai with a salad of grated carrot, beetroot, onion along with lemon, chaat masala and chaat spreads.
This is a popular street food originated from Salem, Tamil Nadu but later got familiar in other parts as well.
Perfect as snack/ starter. Check out my Beetroot vadai recipe and Beetroot chutney recipe in this website.
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I saw a video in which they use orange chatni which could be the spicy one and a green chutney. I tried Salem thattu vadai set both with kara chutney and sweet 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 it 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 thattu vadais 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.
Step by step
- Finely slice onion. In a mixing bowl, mix carrot, beetroot, onion, lemon juice, coriander leaves.
- Arrange two thattu vadai in a plate. Apply the green spread in one side of a thattu vadai. On another one, spread red ones or orange ones, I used both.
- Place generous mixture of the carrot, beetroot, onion over one of the thattu vadai and sprinkle chaat masala generously. Place the other one over it and make a sandwich.
Enjoy the tasty snack immediately. Salem thattu vadai set can be made with mini sized thattai. It looks pretty and easy to eat too.
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Recipe card
Thattu vadai set
Ingredients
- 8 Thattu vadai
- ½ cup Grated carrot
- ½ cup Grated beetroot
- 1 Onion
- 2 teaspoon Lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon Green chutney
- 2 tablespoon Red chutney
- 2 tablespoon Kara chutney
- Chaat masala
- ¼ cup Coriander leaves chopped
Instructions
- 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 and sprinkle chaat masala generously.
- Place the other thattai over it and make a sandwich.
Notes
- Add lots of lemon juice as beetroot will be tasting bland.
- Though kara chutney will be good, I miss sweetness in the chaat. So I prefer red chutney over it.
- Let the spreads be spicy.
Gayathri Sudharson
Looks 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
Reminded of Salem days. Thanks for this post Raji.
ARC
Wow ,,My favourite..Yummy
Traditionally Modern Food
This s new to me.. Quick and yummy snacks.. Love the addition of beets
Girinath Karthikeyan
Thank you so much i love the recipe....it's awesome.....
Ram Sripathi
Reminded 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
I feel like grabbing them from the pics..very tempting clicks..
Anonymous
Wow....looks so welcoming 🙂
Mythily Nadarajan
Wow 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
i used to eat it for 5 rs in my home town ... but that shopkeeper used
a different receipe ....
Unknown
Really 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
Raks, 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
I dont know, i should taste once 🙂
Sindhuja Venkat
Its not cocunut oil. ITs coconut mango chutney to get the flavour and spl taste
Sindhuja Venkat
Its not coconut oil. we use coconut mango chutney which gives the flavour