kalpana’s la cucina..... spice 4 all seasons: RESTAURANT STYLE LACHHA PYAAZ

_________________I am Mrs. Kalpana Mhaske, a Home-Maker, from the city of 52-Gates, one of the famous heritage- destination of the world- Ajanta - Ellora Caves, Bibi-Ka- Maqbara (The Taj of Deccan) and Deogiri Fort. i.e. AURANGABAD. I admire cooking - tryout and innovate different cuisines. Basically, both of my gorgeous daughters are foodie, they have always encouraged me in the kitchen and forced to carve a Food Blog, that’s why, I am happy to share the makings with you. I am an artist too. Painting – especially, Canvas-Painting is my one more hobby. In total - Ours is an ART-FAMILY, my husband is an Architect. In the end, I keep the same belief with Louise Fresco - “ Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It’s about honesty. it’s about identity ”

Friday 3 February 2023

RESTAURANT STYLE LACHHA PYAAZ

Lachha pyaaz is the simplest Indian tandoori-style onion salad. Very often this is seen served on tandoori style dishes, or slowly cooked gravy or as a side to the giant chole - batura.The often ignored salad was my only favourite. Lachha pyaz means nothing but onion ring salad, which is spiced with spices, lemon juice for tanginess with the crunch of onions. Restaurant style lachha pyaaz / lachha onion salad recipe is very popular North Indian side dish which goes perfectly with any meal or tandoori appetizer.It adds extra flavour to any meal. It is the easiest side dish you can make and it can be made within 10 minutes.This recipe requires very basic spices which is salt, Kashmiri red chilli powder, black salt and chaat masala. If you’re using regular spicy red chilli powder then decrease the quantity as Kashmiri red chilli powder is less spicy. As I was cutting the onion (and crying for my happiness) I realised, the finer you cut the onion the flavour is tastier for the salad. This is a salad you don’t want to keep for a long time, the onions release their juices and it really is not the best. It is not a pickled version you are looking for. So make it fresh with a warm Indian meal.

To all the onion lovers…the wait is over scroll down to the recipe. it was a win-win recipe. My family loved it so much that I made it again for them but always serve this salad fresh. Give this recipe a try and enjoy this salad with your meals.

INGREDIENTS :

2-3 big Onions

1/2 litre normal tap Water

8-10 Ice-cubes

1 teaspoon Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder

1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder

1 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder

1-2 Green Chillies, finely chopped

Salt as per taste

1/2 Lemon Juice

1 tablespoon Coriander, finely chopped

1 tablespoon Mint Leaves, finely chopped

METHOD :

STEP 1- Peel the onion, remove the skin, slice peeled onion into thin laccha or onion rings. make sure to use big onion for laccha pyaz so that you get big laccha.