The remaining shallots |
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Bombay Red Onions?
Recently I found some shallots in the Dual Specialty store. The Dual Specialty Store is an indian type spice store in NYC on 1st avenue by 6th street (where a large cluster of indian restaurants are). It has a great selection of spices and chile powders, other indian type food stuffs, and a few fresh items like these shallots. I had the occasion to go to Sri Lanka once years back, and I always thought the onions there were great. I was told that they're little bombay red onions. After some investigation I was led to believe they were actually shallots, but they're not the french shallots you normally get here. However, french style shallots are great, especially when you live alone because rarely do you need a whole onion and shallots are smaller. They also impart a really nice flavor that's a cut above an onion in my humble opinion. Don't get me wrong, I love onions.
Now the thing is, these shallots at the Dual Specialty store are smaller and rounder than the french style shallots. They're like the onions I remember in Sri Lanka. I bought a bag, and I think they're the same kind. I don't slice them, but more or less cut them in half and saute them in olive oil when I'm making pasta (which is like how I found them cut there). They caramelize very nicely and they impart a great aroma to the apartment. The bag says they're from China, which is a terrible distance for a shallot to travel, but they're pretty close to the onions I remember.
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