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ONION
The familiar and popular onion is a bulb of Allium cepa, a low growing
plant. Botanists classify it in either the lily family or the amaryllis
family.
Traditional
Ethnic Uses
Onions are popular everywhere and are used as both a condiment and a
vegetable in almost any savoury food.
Taste and Aroma
Fresh onions are pungent and have a sharp bite. Cooked onions lose this
heat and develop a rich sweetness.
A Few
Ideas
Use Onions in almost anything except sweets Dried Onion can be added
straight to liquids, but should be rehydrated before being added to
drier dishes such as casseroles and stir fries. Rehydrating them also
increases potency. Onions make the perfect foundation for meats,
poultry, soups, salads, and stews.
Dried Onions release flavour more
rapidly than freshly chopped Onions when added to a recipe
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