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The best Parotta with Salna in Chennai

Also spelt parota, porotta, barotta and பரோட்டா. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Courtallam Border Rahmath Kadai (T Nagar)

    T Nagar T Nagar & Nungambakkam

    Open
    11.30am to 11.30pm, daily
    Where
    90/92 Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty Road, Parthasarathi Puram, T Nagar, Chennai 600017 (diagonally opposite Pothys)

    Order the salna parotta, the flaky rounds already torn into the gravy. The T Nagar room fills from about eight in the evening and the wait for a table runs long, so go early.

    What to orderSalna parotta

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  2. Number 2.Grand Fast Food

    Anna Nagar, near Tower Park Anna Nagar

    Open
    7am to midnight; kothu only from evening
    Where
    Opposite Nalli Silks, near Anna Nagar Tower Park, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600040

    Ask for egg kothu parotta with an extra bowl of salna; the parotta and salna alone works too. The kothu counter only opens in the evening, so a lunchtime trip gets you nothing.

    What to orderEgg kothu parotta with extra salna

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  3. Number 3.Karaikudi Ganapathy Mess (Ellis Road)

    Ellis Road, off Anna Salai Triplicane & Marina

    Open
    8am to about 3am, daily
    Where
    3/1 Ellis Road, off Anna Salai, Chennai 600002

    Plain parotta with the mutton salna is the order here, and the tawa keeps going past midnight. Seating is cramped and there is nowhere to park on Ellis Road, so walk in from Anna Salai.

    What to orderPlain parotta with mutton salna

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  4. Muniyandi Vilas (Mandaveli)

    Mandaveli Mylapore & Alwarpet

    Where
    Venkatakrishna Road, just past Mandaveli bus terminus, Mandaveli, Chennai 600028

    Parotta with the chicken salna, eaten in a room set below street level behind a blue doorway. Coverage of this branch is a decade old now, so confirm it is open before crossing town.

    What to orderParotta with chicken salna

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  5. Nellai Sakthi Parota Kadai

    Kolathur Purasawalkam & Kilpauk

    Open
    9am to 11pm daily
    Where
    Jambulingam Main Road, Avvai Nagar, Kolathur, Chennai 600082

    Parotta with the salna is what people come up to Kolathur for, ordered plain before the kothu. Opening hours are reported inconsistently across listings, so ring ahead rather than driving out on faith.

    What to orderParotta with salna

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  6. NS Thoothukudi Poricha Parotta (West Mambalam)

    West Mambalam T Nagar & Nungambakkam

    Open
    10am to 10pm daily
    Where
    13 Mettupalayam, West Mambalam, Chennai 600033

    Poricha parotta, fried crisp and dunked in salna, is the reason to come; treat the kothu as a second choice. Mettupalayam is a narrow lane, so park elsewhere and finish the walk on foot.

    What to orderPoricha parotta with salna

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  7. Sri Pandian Hotel (Valasaravakkam)

    Valasaravakkam Vadapalani & Porur

    Open
    Noon to 11pm daily
    Where
    8/9 AR Street, Janaki Nagar, Valasaravakkam, Chennai 600087

    The salna runs thinner and less spiced here, which suits plain parotta better than the kothu. It sits on a side street off Arcot Road and is easy to walk past, so check the number.

    What to orderPlain parotta with the thin salna

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  8. Sri Raghavendra Mess

    United India Nagar Purasawalkam & Kilpauk

    Open
    7am to 11pm daily
    Where
    23/36 Battachari Street, beside Muthu Vinayagar Temple, Ramanuja Nagar, United India Nagar, Chennai

    The vegetarian option: cauliflower and pea kothu parotta, with a vegetable salna alongside. No egg and no meat on the board at all, which catches out anyone who came for chicken.

    What to orderVegetable kothu parotta with salna

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