Nippatu is a crispy snack from Karnataka. also known as Chekkalu in telugu and Thattai in tamil. This is prepared during festivals occasions and are perfect to munch on with tea or coffee. Though Nippatu by itself is a scrumptious snack the street food vendors in bangalore have given it a new avatar. Nippatu Masala is one such chaat made with nippatu and some toppings added to it makes it so yummy. Another chaat which is very famous Bun Nippatu . a variation of the Nippatu masala. This unique chaat was invented by an street vendor in Bangalore, I came across a vlog were the vendor are making the bun nippatu.
I have been wanting to make Nippatu for long time, we have been buying store bought nippatu always. These are so easy to make and taste so delicious, My Nippatu turned out crispy from out and flaky from inside. I kept mine little thick so that it is easy to top with topping and have.I adapted the Nippatu recipe from Maliga badrinath book that I own, I just added some rava and maida to this for extra crispiness and some flaky texture also refered here . The Nippatu masala and Nippatu bun are My own version of making them. They turned out to be so delicious and perfect tea time snack. I had to cook for a potluck today made channa masala in the morning and I was thinking what to do for N and this idea popped up to make Nippatu. I used the store bought haldiram bhel mix to make these but you can make the bhel from scratch as well. Glad I found that there are chaats made with Nippatu as well and this was perfect to fit into my theme. I am so sleepy so I will stop my ramblings here 😀 ..
N for Nippatu, Nippatu Masala and Bun Nippatu
Theme ~ Street food Recipes
Ingredients
For Nippatu
- Rice flour – 2 cups
- Rava – 2 tbsp
- Maida- 1/4 cup
- Peanuts -1/2 cup
- Roasted Channa dal / Chuney dal – 1/2 cup
- Desiccated coconut – 2 tbsp
- White Sesame Seeds – 1 tbsp
- Curry leaves – a sprig
- Hot Oil – 1/4 cup
- Red chilli pd – 1 tsp
- Turmeric pd – 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil for Frying
For Nippatu Masala
- Bhel puri mix – I used the haldiram Bhel puri
- Green chutney
- Carrots – 1/4 cup ( grated)
- Cucumber – 1/4 cup ( chopped)
- Tomato – 1/4 cup ( chopped)
- Onion – 1/4 cup (chopped)
- Coriander leaves- Few chopped
- Ompadi
- Salt to taste
For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja
- Peanuts – 1/2 cup
- Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp
- Pepper pd – 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves – a sprig
- Oil – 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
For Bun Nippatu
- Nippatu
- Processed Cheese
- Bhel puri Mix
- Processed cheese – 1 (I used slices)
- Tomato sauce – 2 tsp
- Green Chutney – 2 tsp
- Carrots – 2 tbsp
- Cucumber – 2 tbsp
- Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp
- Black salt – a pinch
- Chaat masala – 1/4 tsp
- Buns
- Congress kadelekai / Congress Kadale Beeja – 1/4 cup
- Ompodi
- Salt to taste
Method
For Nippatu
- Roast peanuts in a hot pan till they get slightly roasted, remove the skin and transfer it to a plate to cool.
- In a pan heat 1/4 tsp of oil add the curry leaves and roast them till crisp. keep it aside.
- Grind roasted channa dal, Roasted peanuts, curry leaves and coconut in Mixer to a coarse powder.
- In a bowl Mix rice flour, rava, maida, red chilli pd, turmeric pd, salt.
- Add the peanut and roasted gram flour powder and Mix them well.
- Heat 1/4 cup of oil in a pan, pour it over the flour mixture.
- Mix the oil well to the flour mixer till bread crumb consistency.
- Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
- Meanwhile heat Oil in a sauce pan , divide the dough to equal parts.
- Roll the dough with a rolling pin and cut into circles using a cookie cutter.
- After the oil is hot drop in the cut nippatu and fry them from both side till golden brown.
- Transfer it to a kitchen towel and let the oil drain.
- Nippatu are ready.
For Nippatu Masala
- Make the bhel as directed in the cover, feel free to make the bhel from scratch. I added grated carrots , tomato, cucumber, onion, coriander leaves to my bhel. I also added congress kadalekai to my bhel.
- Using the same cookie cutter cut the processed cheese, place the cheese on the Nippatu . Top it with a spoon full of bhel puri.
- Top it with green chutney and sprinkle some ompodi.
For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja
- Heat a pan and roast the peanuts , remove the skin.
- Heat oil in a pan , add the curry leaves.
- After they splutter add the red chilli pd, turmeric pd,salt.
- Add the peanuts and Mix them well till combined.
- Transfer it to a bowl and mix them well with a spoon once.
- Congress kadalekai is ready. Serve it with any chaat as a topping.
For Bun Nippatu
- In a bowl Mix 2 tbsp carrot, tomato, cucumber, onion each.
- Add cumin pd , chaat masala, black salt,salt and mix them well.
- Take a bun spread green chutney on the top part and tomato sauce to the bottom part of the bun.
- Place the veggie mixture on the tomato sauce part of the bun.
- Place a Nippatu on top, put some bhel puri on top. Place the processed cheese over it.
- Put some Congress Kadalekai and ompodi on top .
- Put the top part of the bun with chutney spread .
- Rice flour - 2 cups
- Rava - 2 tbsp
- Maida- ¼ cup
- Peanuts -1/2 cup
- Roasted Channa dal / Chuney dal - ½ cup
- Desiccated coconut - 2 tbsp
- White Sesame Seeds - 1 tbsp
- Curry leaves - a sprig
- Hot Oil - ¼ cup
- Red chilli pd - 1 tsp
- Turmeric pd - ½ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil for Frying
- Bhel puri mix - I used the haldiram Bhel puri
- Green chutney
- Carrots - ¼ cup ( grated)
- Cucumber - ¼ cup ( chopped)
- Tomato - ¼ cup ( chopped)
- Onion - ¼ cup (chopped)
- Coriander leaves- Few chopped
- Salt to taste
- Peanuts - ½ cup
- Red chilli pd - ½ tsp
- Pepper pd - ¼ tsp
- Turmeric pd - ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves - a sprig
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Nippatu
- Processed Cheese
- Bhel puri Mix
- Processed cheese - 1 (I used slices)
- Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
- Green Chutney - 2 tsp
- Carrots - 2 tbsp
- Cucumber - 2 tbsp
- Cumin pd - ¼ tsp
- Black salt - a pinch
- Chaat masala - ¼ tsp
- Buns
- Congress kadelekai / Congress Kadale Beeja - ¼ cup
- Salt to taste
- Roast peanuts in a hot pan till they get slightly roasted, remove the skin and transfer it to a plate to cool.
- In a pan heat ¼ tsp of oil add the curry leaves and roast them till crisp. keep it aside.
- Grind roasted channa dal, Roasted peanuts, curry leaves and coconut in Mixer to a coarse powder.
- In a bowl Mix rice flour, rava, maida, red chilli pd, turmeric pd, salt.
- Add the peanut and roasted gram flour powder and Mix them well.
- Heat ¼ cup of oil in a pan, pour it over the flour mixture.
- Mix the oil well to the flour mixer till bread crumb consistency.
- Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
- Meanwhile heat Oil in a sauce pan , divide the dough to equal parts.
- Roll the dough with a rolling pin and cut into circles using a cookie cutter.
- After the oil is hot drop in the cut nippatu and fry them from both side till golden brown.
- Transfer it to a kitchen towel and let the oil drain.
- Nippatu are ready.
- Make the bhel as directed in the cover, feel free to make the bhel from scratch. I added grated carrots , tomato, cucumber, onion, coriander leaves to my bhel. I also added congress kadalekai to my bhel.
- Using the same cookie cutter cut the processed cheese, place the cheese on the Nippatu . Top it with a spoon full of bhel puri.
- Top it with green chutney and sprinkle some ompodi.
- Heat a pan and roast the peanuts , remove the skin.
- Heat oil in a pan , add the curry leaves.
- After they splutter add the red chilli pd, turmeric pd,salt.
- Add the peanuts and Mix them well till combined.
- Transfer it to a bowl and mix them well with a spoon once.
- Congress kadalekai is ready. Serve it with any chaat as a topping.
- In a bowl Mix 2 tbsp carrot, tomato, cucumber, onion each.
- Add cumin pd , chaat masala, black salt,salt and mix them well.
- Take a bun spread green chutney on the top part and tomato sauce to the bottom part of the bun.
- Place the veggie mixture on the tomato sauce part of the bun.
- Place a Nippatu on top, put some bhel puri on top. Place the processed cheese over it.
- Put some Congress Kadalekai on top .
- Put the top part of the bun with chutney spread .
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Vaishali says
Omg ! What a elaborate post ! I have had Thattai but never made it at home , these pooris look very interesting ! I am
Bookmarking the post to come back and read later . I shall be doing all separate posts like all the individual dishes , they look very delicious and one can’t stop drooling . Fantastic spread and an excellent pick !
Gayathri Kumar says
OMG! That is an amazing chat Manjula. Just now read Suma’s version. Your version of bun nippattu looks fabulous.
Sandhiya ThirumalaiKumar says
Just now came to know about this nippatu snack from suma’s place and here you’re with another unique nippatu snack with buns. Sounds interesting. Crispy thattai with those soft buns, it must be delicious on each bite, Manjula. Wonderful share and lover your clicks. Yumm!!!
harini says
Wow! that looks awesome. An Indianized burger with nippattu as a filling with the rest of the goodies, is genius.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
Such a detailed post and kudos again for making everything from scratch including the kadlekai. Both the nippatu masala and nippatu bun is super inviting and seems very filling. Awesome share Manjula.
Priya Suresh says
Amma thaaye ithu unnake nalla irruka.. Y this kolaveri Kd, naan yellam un spaceku vantha drooling o drooling.. ANd this nIppatu bun rocks. You have put loads of efforts to bring this ultimate street foods to our eyes virtually. And that bun looks fantabulous and absolutely droolworthy. Wish i get that nippatu bun rite from my lappy screen.
Sharmila Kingsly says
This is one of my fav street food, i use to call this nippatu burger 😉 This combination can never go wrong and thanks for reminding me some good old memories!!
kalyani says
takes me back right to Bangalore ! u made it so perfectly Manjula. Eat of ur posts is alike a food fairyland where we ogle at the pics and move to the next…
Mayuri Patel says
Manjula I didn’t know which snack I should stop at for a while to drool at. Amazing share for this theme. During my next visit to Bangalore will have to look out for these street snacks.
Srivalli says
Oh gosh this sounds so sinful Manjula, drooling over the pictures and wishing I got to taste it..everything sounds so inviting..excellent choice yaar!
Pavani says
Beautifully made and presented Nippatu. Love both Nippatu Masala and bun Nippatu. Hey look so inviting and addictive.
Priya Srinivasan says
Awwww!! That is awesome, I’m trying to imagine the height of the bun! Looks awesome! I m just salivating as I read thru the assembling part!
Spledind manju!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
What a great recipe this and such a fun one to make. I am definitely visiting you soon Manjula to eat all these yummy street food. Lovely display as always 🙂
Padmajha PJ says
Coming here after visiting Suma’s place and this version is equally droolworthy. Such lovely pics that I did not even want to read teh method! The one with the burger has my name written on it!
preeti garg says
Love the nipattu recipe.. and the way you used nipattu as bun burger and bhel.