Thattu vadai settu is a savory snack and popular street food, similar to chat, which originated in Salem and is now also available in Chennai. The sandwich consists of two crunchy thattai with fillings such as crispy beetroot, carrot and other vegetables, with green and red chutney as toppings. There are sold as street food in and around Salem and karur. They make special small thattai for this recipe which can be eaten in one bite along with shredded veggies. The raw mint and coriander chutney along with spicy red chutney gives a unique taste when had with thattai and veggies.
Ingredients:
Thattai : 10-20 pieces
Carrot : 2
Beetroot : 1 big
Big onion : 1 small
Mint and coriander leaves: few chopped
Green chutney:
Mint - 1 bunch
Coriander: 1 bunch
Green chili: 2
Coconut : 2 tbsp
Ginger :3 small piece
Jaggery/vellam: 1/2 tbsp
Lemon juice : 1 or 2 tbsp
Gram dhal/pottukadalai: 2 tbsp
Salt : required
Red chutney:
Oil : 1 tbsp
Garlic :3 cloves
Big onion:1 big
Tomato:2
Chana dhal :1 tsp
Urad dhal:1 tsp
Red chili and kashmiri chili: 6
Gram dhal/pottukadalai : 1 tbsp
Tamarind : small piece
Salt : as required
Recipe:
* Shred carrot and beetroot. Slice the big onion and chop mint and coriander leaves from first section in ingredients.
Step 1: veggie preparation
In a bowl,mix shredded carrot,beetroot,sliced onion,chopped mint and coriander .( mix this veggies before serving else the moist in onion will make the veggies more soggy)
Step 2: Green chutney
1. Transfer all the ingredients under green chutney into a mixer and grind it with very less water. It should in a consistency where it is easy to spread on thattai.( If it is watery, the chutney runs when eating). Transfer it to a bowl.
Step 3: Red chutney
1. In a kadai, add little oil and add Chana dhal and urad dhal. Once it turn brown,add red chili.
2. When chili fried,add chopped big onion and tomato. Cook till they cooked well and the tomato is mushy . Cook till the water from tomato and onion is reduced and very little water left behind.
3.when it is cool down,grind it without water. Transfer it to a bowl.
Step4: assembling
Before serving, apply green chutney in one thattai and red chutney in another thattai. In between,take good quantity of veggie mix and place it on green chutney applied thattai and on top place red chutney applied thattai. Likewise, prepare all thattai sets.Serve once prepared else thattai become soggy and veggies will be withered.
Note:
* Mix the veggie before serving else onion will make veggies soggy.
* The real taste is the raw flavor of mint and coriander chutney and raw veggies. Can also prepare sautéed mint and coriander chutney and use it ,but the unique taste will be a miss.
* Choose small size thattai for this dish,so that we can have whole set in one go like pani puri.
* Place lavish amount of carrot and beetroot veggies which give the crunch to the dish. The raw mint and coriander along with shredded veggies is so good.
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