Topic: A 'red' onion salad (Manchester BIR's)

[Vindaloo-crazy]

I've never come across this. Though most Liverpool restaurants serve a dipping sauce (which I've never been able to replicate) which is red and sweet, almost like jam? I've had this in Bolton and Manchester too. It comes with the poppadums on the beginning of the journey.

[Razor]

Hi VC,

"Red Onions" are very common place here in Manchester and it suprises me that you haven't come across them?  With that said, I guess you are more likely to get them with TA pops rather than restaurant pops.

The usual pickle tray around these parts are generally made up of, red onions, sweet mango chutney, chilli jam/sauce, hot lime pickle, mild yogurt sauce and hot yogurt sauce.

I usually eat the lot before my main arrives and struggle to find room for it in the end lol ;D

Ray

[Unclefrank]

Last IR i went in the waiters said the Red Onion salad was made with just sweet chilli sauce http://www.auravita.com/product/Blue-Dragon-Sweet-Chilli-Dipping-Sauce.NAST11755.html?RefId=220&adid=NAST11755
I have made this for friends and they say its like our local TA (Eastern Spice, Tipton, West Midlands)
1 red onion finely chopped
1 Tbsp sweet chilli sauce
fresh coriander finely chopped
Also i use another local that does curries not that good really but the BBQ stuff is really nice anyway they have a dipping sauce which is brown in colour

5 Tbsp of brown sauce
2 Tsp mint sauce
Roughly about one third of a cup of hot water
2 green chillis

Place on a low flame and bring to the boil and waiting till water evapourates  to the same has runny treacle
Then wait till goes cool and enjoy

[Vindaloo-crazy]

Cheers guys

So the stuff is sweet chilli sauce? Boy is my face red!

I've never bought it as I always go for the hot variety, erk.

[Vindaloo-crazy]

Razor

I know what you mean, I do exactly the same! Somehow I always manage to polish off the main course though...

UncleFrank

Cool, I'll try them out, they sound pretty tasty. I followed your suggestion of putting cumin seeds in my spiced onions, a revelation! I'm sold. Cheers for that. 

[Unclefrank]

Hi Vinda no problem the dips can be the most simple recipes ever just add this and thats it you can make a dip with hot chilli sauce and "red sauce" added to finely chopped onion and tomato.
I usually make my own dips up next time i do i will write the recipes down.

[Vindaloo-crazy]

Ah, you're the same as me then! I never write recipes down either.

[Unclefrank]

They just seem to work whenever i do do this (well nearly always)