Onion Pickle Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is easy to prepare with all pantry available ingredients. It goes well with curd rice, flat breads, idli and dosa.
Onion Pickle
I love making homemade pickles and thokku..They pair beautifully well with curd rice or homemade phulkas.. I love making tomato thokku, because i love having it with curd rice..I always have a jar of it in my fridge..I have never made onion thokku before and also never thought of making it..
Ingredients for Onion Pickle
- Sambar Onion / Shallots / Chinna Ulli - 500 grams peeled
- Oil - ½ cup
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 2 tsp
- Chilli Powder - 2 tbsp or to taste
- Salt to taste
- Tamarind Pulp - ¼ cup / A small lemon size
- Jaggery / Sarkarai - 3 to 4 tbsp
For Pickle Powder:
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tbsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tblspn
- Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam - 1 tsp
For Tempering:
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu -1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chilli - 2 broken
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ½ tsp
But couple weeks back, my perimma told me about this pickle. But in her recipe, the onion is pureed completely and made into a simple thokku. I took that recipe and modified to my taste and created this. And i should tell you, it taste amazing..Yummy indeed..Hope you will try this and let me know how it turns out..
How to Make Onion Pickle
- In a dry pan add the pickle spices and roast them till light golden and toasted.
- Remove them to a plate and let it cool. Add them to blender and make into a fine powder.
- Set aside till use. Keep the blender ready, because you want it to grind the onions.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai. Add in the peeled shallots and fry them for 3 to 4 mins till it is light golden and transparent.
- Drain them to a bowl.
- Now take half of the shallot mix in the blender and make it to a coarse mix. Set aside till use.
- Now heat the same oil again. Add the seasoning ingredients and fry them for a min.
- Add the pureed onion mix, the remaining whole fried shallots and cook them for 5 to 6 mins.
- Then add in turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and mix well.
- Add in the pickle powder, tamarind pulp and jaggery. Mix them well so everything is melted and combined.
- Cook them on a low heat for 10 to 15 mins till oil separates from the mix.
- Switch off the heat and let it cool down.
- Now store it in air tight container. Use clean spoons when you serve.
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Onion Pickle Recipe
Ingredients
- 500 grams peeled Sambar Onion / Shallots / Chinna Ulli
- ½ cup Oil
- 2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 2 tbsp or to taste Chilli Powder
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup / A small lemon size Tamarind Pulp
- 3 to 4 tbsp Jaggery / Sarkarai
- For Pickle Powder:
- 1 tbsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam
- For Tempering:
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 2 broken Dry Red Chilli
- ½ tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
Instructions
- In a dry pan add the pickle spices and roast them till light golden and toasted.
- Remove them to a plate and let it cool. Add them to blender and make into a fine powder.
- Set aside till use. Keep the blender ready, because you want it to grind the onions.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai. Add in the peeled shallots and fry them for 3 to 4 mins till it is light golden and transparent.
- Drain them to a bowl.
- Now take half of the shallot mix in the blender and make it to a coarse mix. Set aside till use.
- Now heat the same oil again. Add the seasoning ingredients and fry them for a min.
- Add the pureed onion mix, the remaining whole fried shallots and cook them for 5 to 6 mins.
- Then add in turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and mix well.
- Add in the pickle powder, tamarind pulp and jaggery. Mix them well so everything is melted and combined.
- Cook them on a low heat for 10 to 15 mins till oil separates from the mix.
- Switch off the heat and let it cool down.
- Now store it in air tight container. Use clean spoons when you serve.
Notes
2)Use clean spoon while serving.
3)You can store this in room temperature for 3 to 4 days.
4) If you are too scared you could store it in fridge for 2 to 3 weeks.
Nutrition
Onion Pickle Recipe Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Peel shallots |
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| Dry roast mustard, cumin and fenugreek |
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| Roast till lovely aroma comes from it |
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| Allow it to cool down |
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| Take it in a blender |
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| Make it into a fine powder |
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| Heat oil |
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| Add shallots |
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| Fry them a little |
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| Remove them to a bowl |
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| Add half of the onions in the same blender |
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| crush them little |
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| Now heat the onion fried oil again |
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| Add in seasoning ingredients |
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| Let them fry |
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| Add in crushed onion |
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| Saute them for a while |
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| Add the whole fried onions now |
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| Cook them together for a while |
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| Add in turmeric powder |
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| Chilli powder |
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| salt |
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| Mix that well |
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| Add the roasted pickling spice powder |
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| Add in tamarind pulp |
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| jaggery |
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| mix well and simmer |
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| cook on low flame till oil separates |
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| Done |
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| Allow to cool down and store in air tight container |
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| Enjoy |
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Anonymous
Thanks..it looks yummy!
how much tamarind?
Afshan Shaik
This looks utterly delicious .
Thanks for sharing this unique recipe with us !
anjali
Hi Aarthi, can I make this pickle without any oil or less oil as I am trying to avoid very oily food.
geetha gowthaman
Thank u so much aarthi for this recipe...this is what i was looking for long....wish u a very happy new year.
Aarthi
@anjali Yes u can reduce the oil quantity, but it wont stay longer. You have to keep it in fridge and use it within 3 to 5 days
Sandya Rao
Hi Aarthi,
I tried this recipe yesterday and it came out yummy. My son even ditched his favourite sabji to eat this with chapathis and like you said it goes very well with curd rice too. Thanks a lot for sharing this recipe.
Hamsa
How do we preserve this without refrigeration
vidhas
Love th9s pickle. Thanks for sharing.
Anonymous
Mouth watering recipe Aarthi!
Lakshmi Nadaraja
Looks yummy,can I do garlic pickle with the same recipe replacing the onion with garlic
Aarthi
@Lakshmi Nadarajayes u can do
Preethi Mp
Hi aarthi, can I make it using normal onions, if yes, kindly tell any modifications I need to do in the receipe
Preethi Mp
How long can this be stored if refrigerated?? Can I use sugar instead of jaggery?
Aarthi
You can use normal onions as well. You can store it for a 15 to 20 days in fridge
Saranya
Hi nice receive tasty! Can you update the quantity of the roasted pickle powder to be used or should we put al the powder?
Aarthi
taste and add as you like
Saranya
Thanku:)
LIZA
Thanks dear for the yummy recipe
Hamsa
How do we preserve it longer without refrigeration
Can we add vinegar
If so what is the process