Salem Thattu Vada Set

                                           Salem Thattu Vada Set

            Few months back I happened to taste Thattu vada set at Thattu Kadai, in K.K.Nagar, Chennai near Amman Koil. It was very different, crunchy, tangy, juicy and simply tasty.  Thattu vada set is a sandwich of thattu vada, a generous heap of veggies, like carrot, beetroot, onions is kept in - between 2 thattu vada.
            In my last year Deepavali post, I have given the recipe of Thattu Vadai. So moving on to the recipe of Thattu Vada Set. 

Cuisine: South Indian Fusion 
Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
Thattu vadai or Nippet: 20 nos ( Preferably small ones)
Grated Carrot: 1 no
Grated Beetroot: 1 no
Thinly sliced onion : 1 no
Thinly sliced tomato: 1 no (Optional)
Finely chopped green chillies: 1no
Chilli powder: A pinch
Lemon Juice: One Whole Lemon or 1/2 depending on its sourness and juice
Pepper powder: A pinch
Green chutney and Tomato chutney ( Recipes are in the note)

Method:
1. Grate carrots and Beetroot, thinly slice the other veggies and finely chop green chillies.
2. Take all the vegetables in a bowl and mix it well, adding chilli powder, pepper powder, lemon juice and adjust salt as per your taste..
3. Now arranging the thattu vada set, place a thattu on a plate and smear green chutney over the thattu vada, place a generous heap of the prepared vegetables over the thattu, take another thattu and smear red chutney over it. Now place this thattu over the vegetables with red chutney downwards resembling a sandwich.
4. Similarly arrange all thattu vadai like sandwich which is called as Thattu Vada Set. 

Note:
Green Chutney:
Ingredients:
Pudina: 1/2 cup tightly packed
Coriander: 1/2 cup loosely packed
Green Chilli: 2 nos
Onion: 1/2 no
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Grind the above ingredients in a mixie jar using little water to a smooth paste. Now Green Chutney is ready. 

Red Chutney or Tomato Chutney:
Ingredients:
Tomato: 2 nos
Onion: 1/2 no 
Bydagi Chilli: 2 to 3 nos (as it is less spicy, but gives bright red colour)
Garlic: 2 to 3 pods (Optional)
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Grind the above ingredients in a mixie jar into a fine smooth paste as raw or you can saute it in a pan before grinding.