Road Side Stall Chicken Salna/Chicken Salna

Lot of dishes tastes well on road side compared to restaurants. Parotta and Salna is one such dish where you can’t get that taste irrespective of how popular that restaurant is. You can enjoy the taste only when you get into road side shop and having a super hot parotta and soak those parotta with salna. This tastes out of the world..😋 

Different cities have different way of preparing salna...Here is one  from Madurai..

Salna also goes well with Idli, Dosa, Chappati,Idiyappam.

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cook Time : 20 mins

Total Time : 30 mins

Servings : 3

Ingredients : 

Chicken-1 lb(500 gms)

Jeera-1 tsp

Sombu(Fennel seeds)-1 tsp

Cashew nuts-6 (optional)

Thinly sliced Coconut or grated coconut-1 cup

Poppy seeds-1 tsp

Bay leaf-2

Cinnamon sticks-2 inch stick

Cloves-3

Cardamom-2

Chopped Onion-1 large size

Ginger garlic paste-1 spoon

Green chillies-3

Tomato-1 small size

Turmeric powder-1/2-1 tsp

Chilli powder-1 1/2 tsp

Corainder powder-1 tsp

Garam masala-1 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves-Handfull

Chopped Corainder leaves-Handfull

Procedure:

1.Take a pan,heat it with 1 spoon of oil,Add jeera.Fry for a minute.Then add 1/2 tsp fennels seeds saute it.Add cashew nuts.(Cashew nuts is optional.Mostly in road side stalls they dont add cashew nuts.)

2.Roast the cashew nuts till it turns light red.Add 1 tsp poppy seeds and 1 cup thinly sliced coconut or grated coconut.stir it for a minute and then switch off the flame.Let the coconut be in the pan.It will get cooked in the heat of the pan.once cooled grind the paste and keep it aside.

3.Now take a cooker,Heat it with 3 spoons of oil.Add 1/4 tsp fennel seeds,2 bay leaf,2 inch cinnamon sticks,3 cloves,2 cardamom pods.Fry it for a minute.

4.Add 1 chopped large onions and fry it till it gets transparent and changes its colour to light red.Add handfull of curry leaves and 3 slit green chillies.

5.Add 1 spoon ginger garlic paste and fry it till the raw smell goes away.Add 1 small size chopped tomato.Cook it till it becomes soft.

6.Add all the spices,1/2 tsp turmeric powder,1 1/2 tsp chilli powder,1 1/2 tsp garam masala,1 tsp corainder powder.Stir it nicely and then add 500 gms chicken.Clean chicken 2 times with water and one time with turmeric powder water.

7.Add the ground paste in the cooker with 3 glass of water.Add required amount of salt to it.Stir it nicely.As salna is watery so need to add this much amount of water.

8.Then close the lid.Within 4 whistles salna will be ready.Garnish with chopped corainder leaves.Serve with hot parottas.