Spread the Joy!
Have you ever had hot parota with spicy salna on a cold raining day..My goodness nothing gets better than this..Specially there is a shop near our house, they serve the best salna ever..It is spicy, hot and fully of flavour. Each mouthful taste so yummy and good. If you ever ask me what is the last meal which you want to eat in this earth means, the answer will be “parota & salna”. Yes I am so crazy about that.
There is something in that magical masala which goes in this salna which totally make this..Try to simmer the gravy for a longer time, so that you will get the real flavour of the salna..This salna taste best with roti, dosa and even with idli..I hope you will try this out and let me know what you feel..
Ingrediants:
Onion – 1 sliced
Tomato – 1 chopped
Green Chilli – 1
Green Chilli – 1
Chicken – 1/2 kg
Turmeric Powder/Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Salt to taste
For Masala:
Oil- 1 tblspn
Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small stick
Whole Pepper – 1 tsp
Whole Pepper – 1 tsp
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1 tblspn
Onion – 2 sliced
Tomatoes – 4 chopped
Coconut – 1 cup
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander Powder/ Malli Podi – 1tblspn
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 spring
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 spring
Method:
Start by making the masala. Heat oil in a kadai. Add fennel seeds, cinnamon, pepper and saute for a min.
Add in onions, curry leaves and saute for 3 mins.Add in tomatoes and mix well.Cook for 3 mins.
Add in chilli, turmeric and coriander powder and mix well.Add in coconut and mix well. Fry this till they turn golden.
Take this in a blender and allow to cool down. Grind it to a smooth paste. Set this aside.
Now take onion, tomatoes, green chilli and chicken in a kadai. Add salt and turmeric powder.
Pour in enough water to cover the chicken . Bring it to boil and cook it for 15-20 mins untill the chicken is cooked.
Now pour in the masala and mix well. Bring this to a boil.
Cover the pan and let it simmer for 15-20 mins till oil separates from this.
Serve hot with parota.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingrediants |
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| Prep Them |
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| Saute the whole spices |
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| add onions and curry leaves |
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| now tomatoes |
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| and saute them well |
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| add chilli and coriander powder |
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| and some turmeric |
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| saute them well |
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| add coconut |
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| and mix well |
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| fry them till they change colour |
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| remove them to a blender |
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| and puree them |
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| add onion, tomato, green chilli and chicken in a kadai |
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| cover with water |
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| add some turmeric |
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| and some salt |
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| cover and cook |
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| till done |
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| add the puree |
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| and mix well..Cook.. |
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| till oil separates |
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| Serve with parota |
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| taste heavenly |
You need parota to enjoy this salna…So Check out the parota recipes…
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| Poricha Parota |
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| Malabar Parota |
Spread the Joy!
Unbeatable combination..chalna is my fav..looks spicy and flavourful
That looks heavenly!! Would love to try the chicken dish!
Love to have this with parotta,looks awesome,can imagine the flavor and taste
I am so jealous of the wonderful street food that is being served in India. So full of flavor and quality spices-yum! Turning this street food into a homemade dish was an excellent idea. It looks amazing. Have a great weekend!
Oh no Aarthi…this is a complete torture..SO yummy and tempting salna..It's new to me.Thanks.
wow..what a delicious & mouthwatering recipe!! Seeing all your step by step recipe pics, i'm forced to try everything! I'll definitely try this out too 🙂
never listened this.looks yumm.
maha
looks so delicious Aarthi..wonderful recipe!! 🙂
Spicy-Aroma
yummy salna……
wonderful recipe.beautiful pics
irresistable combo…awesome presentaiton arthi..
Tasty Appetite
so yummy .. that goes very well with malabar parota .. thanks again
looks so good…very similar to Malaysian style curry…except for the fennel and curry leaves
very nice and tempting recipe.Iam gooing to trythis for breakfast tomorrow:)
your picturization is really great.
you would be a good teacher
Hey…this is my first time at your blog 😀 I'm a Malayali so this was the first time I've ever heard of a salna, but my husband was born and brought up in Chennai and spoke so much of how his college days were incomplete without a parota/salna combo that I just HAD to try it out!
Just tried this out today…it turned out so good the first time around that my husband found himself eating more than half of it xD I love the creamy richness of the curry — that's probably what makes it such a hit with parotha. I'm going to serve this tonight for dinner with some dosa…the man of the house is already salivating!!
R u from virudhunagar this combo looks so yummy
It remains me my hometown
Will definitely try this receipe this weekend
Mouthwatering yummy
I tried it today and it came extremely good and tasty.. Always parota,salna had been my favorite. But I hadn't thought we can do the same salna that we get in the hotels.. Now I longer miss my parota salna.. Thank you arthi for the wonderful recipe..
Thanks for this wonderful recipe…turned out great!!!
hi aarthi
i hav tried tiz recipe alond wit your malabar parota recipe yesterday for dinner….it turned out so good.my parents,hubby,my kid too liked it.it suits wel wit steamed rice too. thanks for the recipes
hai aarthi I really love this chicken salna …
I have tried with chicken ,egg and mealmaker ..
lovely ….a gravy without ginger garlic paste tastes this much good and nice …thanz . I have done is more than 4 times within a month .thank you again. Best wishes for trying more receipes..
I live in America . I have tried wheat buttermilk biscuit out side in train once .couldn't fine that in restaurants if so they don't have in wheat but they have in white….but still searching for that receipe..
if u can able to do that plz post with pictures ..
Thanks for the great recipe. It was very well explained and turned really good. My family loved it.
Thanks
Lavanya
Thanks for the great recipe. It turned our really good. My family loved it.
Thanks
Lavanya
I tried it yesterday, it's really yummu. Thanks for the recipe.
Excellent display easy adopt the style hats of u
Wonderful recipe.
super recipe arthi…
hey,
it was so nice to see this recipe int he firstplace and for being so faraway from home.. this recipe turned out well, taking me into moments feeling am at home in india 🙂
Hi Arthi!! I'm a big fan of your blog. I have tried out many of your receipes all dishes are big hit!! I have a quick question.. You have mentioned 1-onion and 1-tomato in ingredients and in picture there are 3 onions and 4 tomatoes. Can you please confirm ???
@Aparna RajendranI made two salna using this..Follow the written measurements
Dear Aarthi Sis,
I was searching for salna recipe and came over your post. I showed my wife this recipe and she did it. Wow! The salna came out very well, myself and kids enjoyed it a lot. awesome.
Thanks for your recipes. we are trying more. Even i am going to try.
It's really awesome and bookmarked recipe try it soon tell the onion and tomotto is equal to cup or grams please share
@Anonymousonion 300 grams, tomato 300 grams
Looks like a flavorful dish. Very helpful step wise clicks..
This recipe has been book marked by me, printed out and cooked umpteen times. Its just awesome, and reminds me of my home town – Madurai.. While I sit on the other side of the globe.
Kudos on a great recipe. I'm actually planning on making it tomorrow.
-Subash
I just had chicken salna in pondicherry 2days back when my wife and me went for a long weekend getaway, I had it almost after 10yrs, I'll be making this recipe today, yummmmmmmmm……..
Hey,am also the parotta lover,for the kurma I use to take parotta,your recipe is so good I tried it and loved t so,thank you for sharing…
Hi aarthi.. can we use vegetables instead of chicken for salna??
yes u can
this curry was soooooo good I cant tell u,with chapatti,roti and parotta.with idlis too it was yummmm
Hi Mrs. Aarthi,
I cooked your recipe for my friends in Germany. It was mouth-watering and authentic. Thanks for your efforts!
Hi,this curry goes with all the tiffen items and the rice too…. taste was yummy mam,thanks for sharing this recipe…