Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, parotta and chicken salna. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Salna, a popular gravy type dish from Madurai, Tamil Nadu that is served with parotta or biryani! Typical Salna recipe involves roasting, grinding blending of fresh spice powder or masala paste. In this post you we learn how to make the simplest Chicken Salna Gravy without compromising on taste, color and consistency.
Parotta and Chicken Salna is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Parotta and Chicken Salna is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have parotta and chicken salna using 28 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Parotta and Chicken Salna:
- Get For Paratha:
- Make ready 250 gms Madia
- Prepare 1-2 egg
- Make ready 2 tbspn oil
- Get 1-2 tsp salt
- Take as needed water
- Prepare For Salna :
- Make ready 250 gms chicken/4 boiled eggs/chopped veggies
- Take 2 big onions chopped
- Prepare 2 medium size tomatoes chopped
- Make ready 2-3 sliced green chillies
- Prepare 2 tbspn oil
- Make ready 1 handful whole garam masalas(1/2 star anise,1 inch cinnamon,2 cloves, 1 bay leaf,2 Cardamom)
- Make ready salna paste
- Take 1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
- Prepare 1 tbspn chillie powder
- Prepare 1 tbspn coriander powder
- Get 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Take to taste salt
- Take 2 tbspn chopped coriander leaves
- Take For Salna Paste:
- Prepare 1 handful whole garam masalas(1 star anise,1.5 inch cinnamon,2 cloves,2 Cardamom)
- Take 1 tbsp coriander seed
- Make ready 1 tbspn fennel seed
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp cumin seed
- Get 3-4 kashmiri red chillie
- Make ready 1/4 cup grated coconut
- Get 2.5 tbspn roasted Peanut
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Instructions to make Parotta and Chicken Salna:
- Paratha:
- Mix all ingredients add water and make dough and knead for 10-15 mints,apply oil and rest it for minimum 30 mints or 1-2hrs will also do.
- Then make divide the balls into equal portions(approx. 6) and make balls.(this image is from a website for illustration purpose,i have only the image of finished product)
- Now dust the ball in flour and spread it very thinly.
- Now take generous amount of oil spread on the rolled chappati,sprinkle little flour over it.
- Now make a fan out of it and roll it or from center cut an edge and roll it and roll it and press apply oil all over and rest the dough for minimum of 15 mints,you can refrigerate it,u keep it for more long time about 1/2-1 hr also but before rolling out paratha just keep in fridge for 15 mints, for layers.(this image is from a website for illustration purpose,i have only the image of finished product)
- Then roll gently,heat tawa, and cook the parotta on both sides,add oil/ghee/butter for cooking it.
- Then crush the paratha with both hands in order to get layers.This should be done as soon as the paratha is cooked out of tawa. Don't burn your pan or just use gloves or use kitchen towels in between your palm to crush it.(this image is from a website for illustration purpose,i have only the image of finished product)
- Tear the Paratha into pieces add Salna over it mix and enjoy.(this is how it looks,this is the original image of my recipe)
- For Salna Paste :
- Dry Roast all ingredients listed in it except roasted peanut till slight brown, once cools add into mixer,add peanuts,grind it.
- Now add water make a smooth paste.
- For Chicken Salna:
- Add oil,garam masalas,onions saute till onions turn golden brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste,saute till raw smell goes
- Add tomatoes,saute till slight mushy.
- Add chicken and saute for about 3mints on high flame,add spice powders,salna paste,saute for another mint,add water and cook for 15mints.
- Add coriander leaves and switch of flame.(this is how it looks,this is the original image of my recipe)
- Serve the salna over pieces of paratha and get nostalgic!!
I would definitely say that parotta and chicken salna is a treasure of Tamil Nadu, especially when you travel by road in long nights. That too, the salna(the chicken curry)served with the parotta tastes heavenly and the combination is incredible it tempts you to have though if you are not hungry. Chicken Salna also called as Chicken Chalna is the best side dish with South Indian style Parotta and vegetable salna for the vegetarians. You will find most road side stalls located in busy market areas and along the highways in Tamil Nadu serving Parotta with Chicken Salna. Chicken Salna is one of the most famous and favorite side dish recipe for parotta of all time, I always wonder how the road side vendors and motels make this delicious chicken salna which makes us to crave for it.
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