ONION

Description

The Benefits of Onion

Onions are cultivated and used around the world. As a food item, they are often served raw as a vegetable or part of a prepared savoury dish, but can be eaten cooked or used to make pickles or chutneys. They are pungent when chopped and contain certain chemical substances which may irritate the eyes.
Onions are commonly chopped and used as an ingredient in various hearty warm dishes, and may be used as a main ingredient in their own right, for example in French onion soup, creamed onions, and onion chutney. They are versatile and can be baked, boiled, braised, grilled, fried, roasted, sautéed, or eaten raw in salads. Onions are a major ingredient of some curries; the Persian-style dopiaza’s name means “double onion”, and it is used both in the dish’s sour curry sauce and as a garnish. Onion is a seasoning made from finely ground, dehydrated onions; it is often included in seasoned salt and spice mixes.