Topic: Amazing Spicy Onions

[jimmy2x]

made this tonight in smaller quantity, was lovley

thanks

[dougdigby]

Are you sure about 15g of red chili powder for 80g of onions? That seems like a huge amount of chili. Maybe 2-3g but no way 15g. 

[gazman1976]

ok to break it down for you do the below

3 onions from asda or morrisons
chop into small pieces
put into a bowl and squirt tomato ketchup over them till them are covered - add 1 teaspoon of colemans mint sauce and a pinch of salt - mix thoroughly
now add 1 table spoon of mango chutney and mix thoroughly
add 1 teaspoon of red colour and mix - put in fridge for 1 hr and eat with poppadums

ps - yes 15 grams of chilli powder and its not too much trust me - unless u cant handle the spice lol

Garry

[samson]

Ingredients

80g onions, chopped
salt to taste
15g red chilli powder
80g tomato ketchup
15g ready-made mint sauce
30g ready-made mango chutney
a handful of fresh mint for garnishing
Method
Put the chopped onions in a large bowl, add the salt, chilli powder, tomato ketchup and mint sauce and mix well. Add the mango chutney and mix again thoroughly.

Put the bowl in the fridge for around 30 minutes to allow the flavours to develop.

Garnished with the chopped mint and serve chilled with popodams.

Hi gaz

A great red onion recipe from The Ashoka Cookbook by Sanjay Majhu
but i made the perfect red onion blend by doubling the onion content
and reducing how much chilli powder to a good 1/4 teaspoon of chilli
powder instead of the 15g suggested in the recipe i also added a
squirt of lemon dressing just to thin on out the mix.

Cheers...

[gazman1976]

well done - i prefer mines to be spicier like they are in glasgow  ;D

[rallim]

This recipe is spot on although I reduce thequantity of the  chili powder as my wife doesn't like it too nippy.

A wee tip, I found that a lot of times my spiced onions were rather bitter, now I put the chopped onions in some water for about 5-10 mins then drain of before putting the rest of the ingredients in. I was recently in India and spent three weeks in the Punjab living in a village and two girls from the village would come round to the house and cook for us. The onions would be chopped and in water, they told me it was to remove the bitterness. It works for me.

Regards

[976bar]

Ingredients

80g onions, chopped
salt to taste
15g red chilli powder
80g tomato ketchup
15g ready-made mint sauce
30g ready-made mango chutney
a handful of fresh mint for garnishing
Method
Put the chopped onions in a large bowl, add the salt, chilli powder, tomato ketchup and mint sauce and mix well. Add the mango chutney and mix again thoroughly.

Put the bowl in the fridge for around 30 minutes to allow the flavours to develop.

Garnished with the chopped mint and serve chilled with popodams.

That looks good too Gazman, the only thing I would ask is, have you ever tried it without the mint sauce?

For me personally, mint sauce doesn't work well with Indian recipes except for the yogurt mint sauce made to go with Lamb Tikka...

Again it's just personal preference, but just wondered......

[gazman1976]

Hi 976bar,

i have not tried without as this recipe makes exactly the same spicy onions i get from BIR in Glasgow, Scotland so i have not felt the need to do so- obviously everyone is different with regional variation coming into play

Garry

[POG]

Made this twice now.

Verdict : Dogs danglies 

[Graeme]

I am looking forward to making this  thanks.
Is the Ashoka Cookbook worth buying ?