Onions - We have used brown onions, but there is no reason you couldn't make a red onion gravy. You could also use frozen onions to save time. You could also add shallots which have a real sweet flavour. If you are looking for some other sauce recipes, why not try our Easy Bread Sauce, Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce, Garlic Sauce or Healthy BBQ Sauce? Jump to: The crucial thing to understand about this recipe is that just can’t rush an onion. These caramelized onions require your constant presence for at least an hour and a half.I find it all rather meditative, and recipes like this give you plenty of time for thinking or just clearing your head. It takes how long?

If you want to, you can add your favourite spices to vary the onions. Obviously what you choose will depend on how you want to serve them, but you could add harissa or curry spices if you like. However …. if you can find it, there is a great canned product in the UK called Eazy Onions, where the chopping, and half the cooking has been done for you. Melt a little butter with some olive oil and add a can or two. Then let them cook for at least another 30 minutes. Variations Serve them on steak, with sausages or alongside roast or barbecued meats. Alternatively, use the cooled onions as a relish with pork pies, cold cuts or cheese. Rich, sweet and fragrant, the resulting onions are almost impossible to resist and can lift all sorts of dishes to new heights. They are essential as the topping to a pissaladiere and fabulous on a steak, burger or hot dog.

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We made this curry for National Curry week that started on the 7th October along with our Onion Rice, Mint Raita and last but not least our family and friend's favourite Mango Chutney, and it was a true feast! Thyme - We like to have a bit of herby flavour to our onion gravy and dried thyme works really well. You could use fresh, but you would need to increase the amount used. Rosemary or sage would work well too.

Gia Garlic Puree& Gia Chilli Pureeare available from most supermarkets. Perfect to save the time and hassle of chopping/pureeing the garlic and chilli yourself. See the collage picture below to help with step by step instructions on making this delicious lamb curry. Faster preparation ingredients we used for this recipe.You really do need to allow plenty of time for this recipe. There are no shortcuts to that rich and delicious finish. With the long cold winter nights approaching this lamb curry will definitely warm you up from the inside, not only from the warmth of the spices but also the warmth of enjoyment!! What do you put in a curry? With the vegetable a staple of many dishes, Paul Bidwell, the supermarket’s onion buyer, said Sunions would be a versatile ingredient. The “sweetness of this type of onion lends itself perfectly to a variety of dishes, from salads to hot meals”, he said .

However, onion goggles could soon be obsolete thanks to Sunions, which Waitrose says are “perfect for those with sensitive eyes as well as cooking in the kitchen with children”. Who needs takeaway this weekend when you can make this Homemade Lamb curry in your kitchen. It is undoubtedly cheaper as well as healthier! Butter - You could use vegetable oil, but we like to use butter because it really caramelises the onions giving them a much better flavour. Onions – I like a mix of regular yellow onions, with a few red thrown in, but you can use whichever you prefer. More on onion types below. As long as you cook them slowly and keep stirring from time to time to stop the onions from catching and burning, you can used any type of onion.I prefer a mix for balanced flavour.

Sweeter onions will make for a sweeter final dish of caramelized onions, but for more flavour, add in some sharper, stronger onions. The onion was originally developed by the agricultural giant Bayer, but is now owned by the chemicals firm BASF, which acquired part of its seeds and crop business. It says Sunions are not genetically modified but the product of decades of cross-breeding of less pungent strains of onion. If you love Chinese cuisines, keep staples such as garlic, ginger and spring onions on hand. They go well together in everything from stir-fries and soups to dumplings and noodles. Fan of caramelised onions? Add them to your grilled cheese sandwich for extra depth of flavour. And serve it with some comforting homemade French onion soup.

Unleash your inner chef with our selection of onions. From white onions for cooking, to mild red onions and shallots for salads, we’ve got a wide range available. High in antioxidants, these versatile ingredients are just what you need to take your dishes up a notch. If you wanted to "cheat" and make a really simple onion gravy, then you could caramelise your own onions and then add gravy granules and water. It's an easy way to jazz up gravy granules and make it feel a bit more homemade. As well as using lamb in our curry, this dish would not taste like a proper Indian meal without the use of spices. You can’t. For great caramelized onions, you are in it for the long haul, so cook these onions when you have nothing else in the diary. Butter & olive oil – I use a mixture of salted butter and good olive oil. The butter adds lots of flavour and the olive oil will help stop the butter burning. Use all olive oil if you prefer to avoid dairy.Herbs will give your onions a fresher feel, with the slight astringency of woody herbs cutting through the sweetness. Shallots – These are delicious, but they are more expensive and so fiddly to peel and slice. By all means throw a few in if you have them. Using the right amount of butter and oil – For softer onions, use enough butter and oil to just cover the bottom of the pan when the butter has melted. For crispier caramelized onions, you can use a little more. We want to slowly caramelize the onions, not fry them. Adding more fat and oil is not going to speed the process up. We are also big fans of Eazy Fried Onions which we often use in our curry recipes, alreadypeeled, cooked, diced,lightly fried onions they have all the flavour of homecooked onions without the mess, fuss or tears!