How to Caramelize Onions | The Ultimate Spicy Onion Recipe
Learn to caramelize onion to satisfy your food cravings. It's a berrylicious dish with a bursting flavour to impress anyone at the dinner table. Go for it!
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Oil cooking oil of your choice. Add as you need.
- 1 Sun-dried red chili pepper
- Few Curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 medium-size Onions thinly sliced
- 1/3 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt or as you need
- 1 tbsp Chili flakes
- 1/4 tsp Chili powder Kashmira brand
- 1 Thai green chili pepper (option)
- 1/2 tbsp Maldives fish (option)
Instructions
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Use a non-stick pan on the stovetop & turn it on for medium/high to heat the oil first.
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Add the sun-dried red chili pepper, curry leaves then the mustard seeds.
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When the ingredients start to splutter in oil, lower the heat to medium, add the onions, turmeric powder, chili powder, and chili flakes with the salt.
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Stir well then close it with a lid and let it cook for a minute or two.
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Remove the lid. Stir & sauté further for another 20 more minutes without the lids this time.
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NOTE - Remember to stir the onions every few minutes to avoid it from burning. If the ingredients look too dry, burning and/or smoking up, remember to lower the heat and add a spoon of cooking oil or as need.
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When the onions are coming together cooked and looks glossy, add the sliced green chili pepper and the Maldives fish (both optional). Continue cooking for another 5-10 more minutes.
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Remember to stir as you cook. Towards the end, the onions would look reduced to half the portion, glossy and caramelized.
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Enjoy it with your favourite meal or have it stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for later.