Uncle Sandys Red Hot Spiced Onions Food

UNCLE SANDY'S RED HOT SPICED ONIONS

Steps:

• Chop onions into a small dice place in a bowl with salt and vinegar, mix well and set aside for two to three hours.
• Rince in cold water and drain.
• Dry onions on absorbent towel.
• Add salt, chilli powder and cayenne and give it a good mix.
• Now add the tomato ketchup, sweet chilli sauce, mint sauce and mango chutney, and give it another good mix.
• Decant into a clean sterile jar and pop in the fridge for at least a day to let the flavours mingle, but I bet you can't leave it that long.

INDIAN SPICED ONIONS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir onion and ketchup until onion is thinly and evenly coated. Mix in the lemon juice. Season with sugar, cilantro, fenugreek and chili powder, and mix thoroughly. Cover, and chill for 24 hours. This allows the lemon juice to neutralize the onion flavor slightly.

QUICK PICKLED ONIONS

Steps:

• Pour the vinegar into a pan, add the sugar, sea salt, the spices and bay leaf, and bring to a simmer. After 1 min, check that the sugar and salt have dissolved. Remove from the heat.
• Boil the kettle. Put the onion slices in a sieve or colander. Pour over the hot water from the kettle and drain well. When cool enough to handle, pack the onion rings into a 500g sterilised jar (see tip below). Pour over the warm vinegar and seal. Cool, then chill and leave to pickle for 2 hrs. Will keep for 6 months unopened, or 2 weeks in the fridge once opened.