You know those onions they bring with the poppadoms at an Indian restaurant?

[Souper]

How can I make them at home? I have tried just chopping onions but they don't taste the same. What do they have on them? Salt? I am craving them... Help!

Thanks, TeamEdward. I could do that and it would be delicious but round here they are just onions. Well, clearly not, otherwise I wouldn't be asking this question, but they look like just onions. Especially yummy onions...

have you tried chopping onions and mixing with chopped flat leaf parsley?

It's the subtle bouquet of cockroach feet

Could it be some kind of vinegar? Or is it sweet-ish?

This sounds good...
gmiah.hubpages.com/hub/recipeforIndianonionsaladchutneyforpoppadoms-indian-recipesonline

Ours are the same as TeamEdward - cucumber and tomato, finely chopped with coriander. I also put a little mango chutney in mine with some oil and mix it in

I remember seeing a tv show years ago which showed a way of cooking onions Indian restaurant style. They used a big heavy based saucepan, loads of ghee and dropped in sliced onion, swirled them around to cover the onion in the ghee and left them to cook on a low heat for hours. I've tried a couple of times to replicate this but always end up burning the fuckers.

Got this recipe from the back of a packet of nigella (black onion seeds): Finely chop an onion, mix with a tsp of black onion seeds, sprinkle with salt and a tiny dash of chilli powder, and pour on some lemon juice. Leave in the fridge for at least half an hour to let the flavours combine.
It's delish!

It could be sugar. Or vinegar. Or salt. I have no idea. And obviously a completely crap palate.

Salt and lemon juice might be it!

It's mint sauce!

goodasgold is right. Mint sauce usually mixed with tomato ketchup.

Mint sauce you say?!

Mint sauce & tomato puree.

I know where you're coming from Souper. The onions in our Indian are crisp but not hot, I normally won't eat raw onion but I do there. It doesn't taste of anything else though, I can't taste salt, lemon or mint and there's definitely no ketchup. I've always wondered how they do it.

Tomato ketchup. Seriously! The guy in our local take away told us!

Also nice with mango chutney instead.

ketchup and mint. They are lovely with nango chutnet on Poppadoms. Funnily enough I only know ine pkace here in Bradford that donthem, but they are common most other places.

I think if you soak the onions you will get that milder flavour, that you are prepared to eat raw

Ketchup! I asked too! At saffron desi in Bradford. Although I've yet to make them taste the same, I suspect you have to leave the onions in for ages or maybe soak them first??

I'm hungry now!

It's just ketchup!

But they aren't red

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yes, the ones at our Indian aren't red either. I kind of suspected they must be soaked but don't know what in

I don't know why I shouted that.