Topic: How come Indian restaurants onion are so mild

[hezzie]

How come Indian restaurants/takeaways onion is so mild, they don't seem to blow your head off with that awful astringent taste that any other raw onion has, they must do something to it.
I've tried all sorts of varieties and none have the mild sweet flavour of restaurant onions, I've tried spanish onions, white onions, red onions and can't find any that are mild.

Anyone know?

[DalPuri]

If you're talking about onion salad, then it'll be either lemon or vinegar from mint sauce or lemon dressing.
Left for a minimum of 30 mins is enough time for the flavours to infuse and to tone down the rawness and the heat from the onions. 

[hezzie]

If you're talking about onion salad, then it'll be either lemon or vinegar from mint sauce or lemon dressing.
Left for a minimum of 30 mins is enough time for the flavours to infuse and to tone down the rawness and the heat from the onions.

I am indeed talking about onion salad Dal, thanks for that, we're just having a bbq so I'll douse some onion in lemon juice and see how it works out.

Thanks for your reply.

[commis]

Hi

Go to your local Asian grocer and buy Dutch grade 2.

Regards

[dammag]

Maybe they soak them in water? It's supposed to make them milder.

[hezzie]

Hi

Go to your local Asian grocer and buy Dutch grade 2.

Regards

We've got a great Asian supermarket nearby commis but I've never seen dutch grade 2, just cooking onions (very cheap price) and spanish onions but they weren't particularly mild.

I'll look out for the dutch ones though, thanks for that.

[hezzie]

Maybe they soak them in water? It's supposed to make them milder.

I did wonder about that dammag but I didn't know anyone who'd tried it, I'll give that a blast too and see if it works out.

Cheers.

[naga dave]

No ! Just chop them well in advance, cover and leave to stand for a few hours. If you can prep them the evening before, you will have lovely mild sweet onion salad.
                                                                                        D.

[commis]

Hi

Hezzie. Those cheap cooking onions are usually Dutch grade 2. Bir TA work on the cheap. We are not talking fine dining.

Regards

[rallim]

Hi when in the Punjab staying with friends in a farming village, the village girls were hired to cook for us and they would soak the onions in water for quite a while and it was to take the bitterness away before cooking.

Regards