Topic: Onions

[solarsplace]

Hi

I was dubious whether to start a new thread or not as onions have already been discussed on other threads, but from what I have found using the search function, most of these have not been posted in in 2 years.

So onions - as I was arriving at Farnham train station last night, the Spice Station TA which is part of the station building, was recieving a delivery.

I noticed there were several massive mesh sacks containing onions, and they were all large Spanish onions.

Has a decision ever been reached about what type of onion if any is best for BIR cooking?

In the other threads it has been discussed, such as Bruce Edwards claiming Spanish onions are a must and someone else claiming that price is the only issue for the decision? but I could not find a conclusion.

Standing on the platform, you can often smell them starting to cook.... lovely aromas.

Cheers

[Malc.]

From my experiences in the IG Kitchen, I can only say that they use regular onions. The only reason I have ever used Spanish Onions in the past is to reduce the amount of preparation as you get a greater yield of onion from the larger Spanish.

But to me now, having jumped on the curry train bound for BIR perfection, it doesn't make sense to use Spanish Onions as they are milder than your regular smaller onion.

That said, I shouldn't imagine there is a hard and fast rule for which onion should be used. Unless your making a recipe that is delicately balanced between flavour and spice, i'd doubt you'd really tell much of a difference anyway.

[solarsplace]

Thanks Axe

[andymarketol@yahoo.co.uk]

Onions are used in vast quantities in BIRs as part of their base sauce and I imagine some restaurants opt for Spanish onions to cut down the workload (as suggested above) I'm more of a traditionalist and I always use smaller onions as they have more flavour.

I have some fun info on onions on my site at

http://www.my-indian-food.com/Onion.html

Andy

[Stephen Lindsay]

There is a paper somewhere here on the site called BIR Myth?s ? Seeing the Wood for the Trees  and it concludes that there is no difference between types of onions used.