Shallots........how many of you include it in your diet???????

I have never used this. It appears that this is not available in North India.

I have never used this. It appears that this is not available in North India.

It looks similar to Onions, but very small in size. So, it consumes a lot of time to clean it. But it's more tasty than normal onions if added to dishes.
It may even take more than 1 hour to clean 2 cups of it. But if we make Chicken curry, sambar etc with shallots, it tastes best. More nutritious too.
We chop 1 or 2 shallots while popping mustard seeds in oil before adding to curries, fry it light brown, which gives a nice smell to the curries. We may add red chillies too.....

We don't get these much here,. but when I do find them, I often buy and use them in curries. I like its taste a lot! But its not freely available.

May be, the first time i have heard this word "Shallots". Is it like spring onions?

May be, the first time i have heard this word "Shallots". Is it like spring onions?

Somewhat...

It belongs to Onion catagory.......costs also double price.
Yet, if we are able to consume at least half kg every week, it's very healthy. It has many medicinal values too....
It's a best medicine to wound, reduce bp, healthy heart etc....
To remove wounded nails also, it's used. Just crush it and tie it on the finger tightly with a piece of cotton.
It can be added while making chutney too....tastes best than normal onions.

Only problem is time consumption.

It's used for all types of 'Theeyal' curries where grated coconut is fried, grind and added to both veg and non-veg curries. It tastes better.
While frying coconut also, adding chopped shallots and curry leaves give a nice odour.

I don't think I have eat something like this, or may be I don't remember... People here used to eat normal onions only.

Actually, Onions came to Kerala only a few years back. Till then, people here used only shallots for making curries. Onions are more easy to clean and slice. So, they replaced shallots in kitchens very quickly

So now they are using onions instead of shallots.. right.. What about taste? Same as onion?

So now they are using onions instead of shallots.. right.. What about taste? Same as onion?

Ya...me too...for most curries :P :P :P

Shallots are More tasty than onion....
You will cry more while making shallots than onions :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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That's the main difference :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Yes we had this onions but we call them as small onions. As they sell for the onion price only.

Yes we had this onions but we call them as small onions. As they sell for the onion price only.

We also call so.
Big onion and small onion...we differentiate so.

Sandhya.. lol.. Its okay that they are more tasty.. Are they little sweet in taste? I am just asking because I guess I have seen such thing somewhere.. can't be sure.

In my opinion they are also having the same taste like onions.

I guess they are more sweet in taste than the normal onion, or not.

This must be answered by Sandhya where is she as she is playing hide and seek game with us.

Must be offline, or busy with her other activities.. .

I guess they are more sweet in taste than the normal onion, or not.

they are less sweety than onions. That makes its curries more tasty. I think, not sweet at all.

Actually, when we fry onions more, they become a little sweety. Isn't it?
That's why, many old people (grand mothers), till now, never prefer onions for making dishes as they don't like the sweetness of onions.

You just ask your mother to buy some shallots and prepare Chicken curry. You can spot that difference very easily

Chicken !! I am veggy.. Well, I guess I have seen other thing than..

Chicken !! I am veggy.. Well, I guess I have seen other thing than..

Then ask her to make any vegetable korma or curry substituting onions with shallots.
You will like it.....but it will be a headache to your mother because you will demand it again :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Hehe.. Let me ask her first that, is something like shallots available here? I have never heard about it.