Turkish mother-in-law marinates onions with a sweep so that the feast does not look crummy

Homemade pickled onions with a sour and sweet taste will suit vegetables, side dishes, sandwiches and, of course, meat. And to try such a crispy snack is definitely worth it. After all, the ingredients here are minimal, and it takes only a couple of minutes to cook.



"Why do you even pickle onions?" you ask. There are several reasons. Yes, sometimes you want to feel the pleasant bitterness of onions, but it should not interrupt the taste of the main dish. Pickled onions are good because they lose their smell and excessive sharpness, become more tender, acquire spiciness and are stored longer.

Domestic pickled onions Marinated onions in Turkish

It is distinguished by the use of sumach - a spice with a sour taste from the ground berries of sumach of reindeer, or vinegar tree. Sumakh is popular in Turkish cuisine as a dressing for salads and seasoning for kebabs.

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Pomegranate-red berries of the vinegar tree bring great health benefits, replace lemon and vinegar in marinades, have the property of keeping cooked food fresh in hot climates and decorate it with its rich color.

The ingredients

• 500g red onion
• 30g suma
• parsley
• salt

Preparation

1. Cut the onions into thin rings.
2. Put it in a deep bowl, salt it and remember with your hands.
3. Set aside for 15 minutes to let out the bitterness.
4. Pour boiling water for a minute. After that, rinse with cold water.
5. Cut the greens finely.
6. Add the sumaha powder and the greens, stir. If you can not find sumac, you can replace it with a mixture of lemon peel and ground pepper or ground barberry.

Pickled onions for salads

The ingredients

• 1 bulb
• 5 tbsp 9% vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• pinch
• 2 pepper-scented peas
• 1 inflorescence of clove
• 150 ml of water

Preparation

1. Peel the onions and cut them with thin rings.
2. Put the onion rings in a bowl and pour boiling water for 1 minute.
3. Throw the onions on a sieve and drain the boiling water.
4. Mix in a bowl until dissolved sugar, cold boiled water, salt and vinegar.
5. Pour the onions with marinade and add the cloves with pepper. If you do not like cloves, add your favorite spices at your discretion.
6. Leave to marinate for 40 minutes.
7. The onions are crispy, sweet, without the smell and bitterness inherent in raw onions. It pleasantly shades the taste of mushrooms, meat and fish, and also serves as an integral part of many salads.

Onions in a hot marinade

The ingredients

• 500g red onion
• 250ml wine vinegar
• 140g sugar

Preparation

1. First thing, peel the vegetables. Of course, you can take white onions, it will not affect the taste. But with red onions, agree, the workpiece looks much more appetizing.
2. Cut the bow with half rings and put it in a jar.
3. Pour the vinegar into a separate pan, add the sugar and put it on the fire. You can add cloves, a few pepper peas or even bay leaf. Although without these spices, the marinade is excellent.
4. Bring the marinade to a boil, and then pour them onions.
5. Cool the jar to room temperature and put it in the refrigerator. Done!
6. Such a workpiece will stand in the refrigerator for several weeks. A crispy dish will be a great addition to salads, they can feast on nature with kebabs or at home with herring or just bread. It's delicious anyway.

Onions in lemon marinade

Vinegar is often used in marinades and is a good preservative, but, unfortunately, not everyone benefits. Replace vinegar when marinating onions can be natural products with sufficient acidity, for example, lemon.

The ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 1 bulb
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 0.25 tables of water
• flavourful

Preparation

1. Get the juice out of the lemon.
2. Mix boiled water with salt, vegetable oil, sugar and lemon juice.
3. Cut the bulb with thin rings.
4. Pour onions with marinade. He'll be ready in about an hour.

Onions stimulate appetite, normalize digestion, have a tonic effect on the body, and also serves as a natural antiseptic and anti-inflammatory agent, helping to effectively fight microbes. Eat homemade pickled onions prepared according to our recipes, and be healthy!