Ingredients for Making Stuffed Onions

Series Summary

God was good to give us onions. It seems that every dish is enhanced by their unique and powerful flavor. Sure, onions have gotten a bad wrap as the potential catalyst of a bad date. But, would you really want to forsake your taste buds of this vegetable for the affection of another? Despite its ability to transform dishes, onions have had an immense significance in human life. In 5000 B.C., the great Egyptian pyramids were built through the nutritious value of the onion. It is thought that the laborers were fed only radishes and onions. Maybe this is why the Egyptians worshiped the great onion. Or, perhaps the symbolic circles, layers, and rings of the onion conjured a belief in eternal life. Regardless, no one should underestimate the power of the onion. Evidence has suggested that it is effective against the common cold, heart disease, and diabetes. The onion contains anti-inflammatory, anticholesterol, anticancer, and antioxidant components. With all of these benefits, who cares about the unwelcomed affects of onion breath?

In this free video series, learn how to make stuffed onions. This delicious recipe is perfect as a side or appetizer. Our expert, Neha Gera, shows you everything you need to know to make this dish. Learn how to cut and season the onions. Also, learn how to fry the onions in oil. Neha even shows you a great way to serve stuffed onions. So, what are you waiting for? Learn a stuffed onion recipe today!

Video Transcript

"NEHA GHERA: Hi, this Neha on behalf of Expert Village, and today I'm going to tell you a recipe, which is totally an Indian--Indian recipe. I'm going to tell you a recipe which is called onion--stuffed onion recipe. I'm going to tell you how you can you make stuffed onion recipe. And let's have a little look at what we all need to make this recipe. What we all need to have is like onions, which are actually small in size. You can see that there are five onions with me right now here and these are very small. So you need to have very small onions for this. You need to have green chili, which is chopped one. You need to have some of the peas. You need to have the garam masala, which is a combination of five great masalas, one of the great--best masalas of India, that is, the spices. We need to have cumin seeds. We need to have fennel seeds as well. We need to have some salt, ginger-garlic paste. We need to have amchur, which is called "mango powder". We need to have some mustard seeds, and we have some chopped tomatoes over here, and we have tomato powder plus water to it."