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    Home » Sides » Pickles

    Indian Style Pickled Onions

    Published: Sep 12, 2013 · by Nisha

    Every restaurant has its own speciality apart from its signature dishes. Some have a nice ambience, in some the service might be good, something that makes us to go often to the same place. These extras help us to enjoy the food out-and-out. In, Taste of Rampur, it's their vinegar pickled onions that takes me there at least once a month. This is one particular restaurant that wins unanimously in my family. We love munching these tangy crunchy onions and the roasted papad they serve with different chutneys as soon as you get seated. It is more common to have sliced raw onions and chillies along with rotis / chappathis or any Indian flat bread. Some restaurants serve this bowl of onions in vinegar. Crunchy and a mouth puckering sour delight.
    Before soaking

     

    After an hour or 2, the colour changes and the onions absorb the vinegar flavour

     

    mango, Salad, Ginger, radishIndian Style Pickled Onions

    Crunchy Pickled Onions

    Prep time: 10 mins | Inactive Time: 3-4 Hrs | Total time: 3-4 Hrs | Serves: 3-4

     

    Ingredients

    • 12-15 no's Small onions
    • ¼ Cup Vinegar
    • ¼ Cup Water
    • Salt to taste
    • Pinch of Chaat Masala (optional)

    Instructions

    1. Peel the Onions and keep it aside.
    2. Mix water and vinegar. Taste and add more water if needed. Add salt and chaat masala (if using). Mix it well.
    3. Now add the onions in the vinegar mix and store it in an air tight container.
    4. After 3-4 hours, drain the vinegar and store the onions in the refrigerator in an air tight container.

    Notes

    1. Try to use it within 3 days. Also soaking the onions in the vinegar for too long may make the onions to lose their crunchiness. Serve the onions with any kind of North Indian gravy and roti. You can also have them as such.

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    Comments

    1. Prince says

      November 29, 2013 at 1:45 pm

      which vinegar is used in this pickle as there are many vinegar as i want that pink one only with sweet flavor thanks in advance

      Reply
      • Nisha says

        November 29, 2013 at 2:16 pm

        You can use White or Apple cider vinegar for this.

        Reply
      • Prince says

        November 30, 2013 at 5:23 am

        thanks mam i love this pickle and was in search from many years at last the search finished here thanks again

        Reply
    2. Prince says

      November 29, 2013 at 1:39 pm

      which vinegar is used as there are many types of vinegar please tell thanks in advance

      Reply
    3. Archana Potdar says

      September 30, 2013 at 6:55 am

      Awesome click. How did you get the exact colour. I make these but do not get the colour. I assumed there was colour used.

      Reply
    4. veena krishnakumar says

      September 24, 2013 at 5:35 pm

      Lovely pickled onion..and awesome click!!

      Reply
    5. Rajani S says

      September 22, 2013 at 11:15 am

      You can add a pinch of beetroot for a brighter pink color! This is one of our favorites too 🙂

      Reply
    6. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      September 22, 2013 at 5:15 am

      Lovely pickled onions! can we do the same with the regular onion chopped up?

      Reply
      • Nisha says

        September 22, 2013 at 7:11 pm

        Yeah Sandhya. You can use the regular onions.

        Reply
    7. Sreevalli E says

      September 16, 2013 at 7:03 pm

      Lovely onions.. had them in restaurants along with parathas & loved them..

      Reply
    8. Pavani N says

      September 16, 2013 at 3:11 am

      Yummy looking pickled onions. Lovely clicks. Love those purple onions.

      Reply
    9. Sandhya Karandikar says

      September 15, 2013 at 11:35 am

      Restaurant style onions. Crunchy tangy with a bite.

      Reply
    10. Padmajha PJ says

      September 15, 2013 at 11:26 am

      Wow,really nice pickle!

      Reply
    11. vaishali sabnani says

      September 15, 2013 at 9:53 am

      I love these mini pickled onions and make them with channa puri..they taste so heavenly..simply love them.

      Reply
    12. Preeti Garg says

      September 13, 2013 at 6:32 pm

      I love this vinegar onon...Wow.. look so delicious and tasty

      Reply
    13. Harini-Jaya R says

      September 13, 2013 at 2:07 am

      Interesting pictures. Never tried these at home!

      Reply
    14. Chef Mireille says

      September 13, 2013 at 12:32 am

      can only imagine the burst of flavor in these

      Reply
    15. The Pumpkin Farm says

      September 12, 2013 at 3:47 pm

      i add lemon juice and pickle them but have n't tried with chat masala...i love the pink color they get when soaked this way

      Reply
    16. Gayathri Kumar says

      September 12, 2013 at 9:15 am

      This looks so nice. I think it goes very well with curd rice...

      Reply
    17. Srivalli says

      September 12, 2013 at 8:27 am

      Oh I love these pickled onions...such lovely pic Nisha...

      Reply
    18. Priya Suresh says

      September 12, 2013 at 5:30 am

      My mom makes almost the same way with small onions too..will definitely tickle my tastebuds.

      Reply
    19. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

      September 12, 2013 at 5:02 am

      That is so new to me.. looks very delicious!!

      Sowmya

      Reply
    20. Manjula Bharath says

      September 12, 2013 at 3:49 am

      thats an very very yummy pickle dear 🙂 wud love to give it a try !!

      Reply

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