How to Cut Onion – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take the onion and cut off the stem part.
• Cut the onion at the center and peel off the skin.
• Sometimes there is black fungus on the onion or around the edge.
• To remove that, dip the onion in water in a bowl.
• This will help to clean the onion as well to reduce the amount if sulphur in it.

Thin Vertical sliced for biryani:

• After removing onion for water, cut it at the center.
• While cutting the grip should be like 4 fingers on one side and thumb on the other side.
• Cut the onion into as thin slices as possible.
• You can use this thinly sliced onion for fired onion for biryani or for pakoda.

Horizontal sliced for pakoda, salad:

• Cut the onion at the onion at the center into 2 halves.
• Cut the onion horizontally as thin as possible.
• You can use this onion for khekada bhaji.
• You can use this onion for lettuce salad or Ceaser salad.
• Big, small and medium diced onion for sabzi
• Cut the onion at the center into 2 halves.
• Cut the onion into 2 halves.
• Cut it into medium slices vertically and then again horizontally.
• Dice means square pieces. This is small diced onion.

Petals for tikka:

• Cut the onion into 2 halves.
• Again cut these halves 4 parts.
• Separate the petals.
• These can be used for barbeque, grill or tikka.
• You can call these as big cubes in place of petals.
• Roundels for onion rings, salad decoration
• Roundels are used for onion ring or salad decoration.
• Cut the whole onion horizontally.
• You can cut it as thick or as thin as you want.
• If you want for onion rings then use big onion and make a little thick slices.
• Separate the roundels.
• If you have made biryani then these can be used for plate decoration or garnishing.

Finely chopped for pohe, upma:

• Cut the onion into 2 halves.
• Cut as thin slices as possible vertically.
• Do not cut end to end. Leave some gap at one end or the petals will be separated.
• Then cut it vertically into 3 portions, not end to end.
• Again cut it horizontally again.
• Here is finely chopped onion.