Shallots are small and elongated onions with very sharp and pungent  taste. Shallots often used for Indian stocks, pickles, sabzis and many more delectable dishes. Madras onions or shallots are used extensively in recipes throughout South India, it's strong flavour  gives a very prominent taste to the dish. 

Corn Sambhar

Shallots, Madras Onions used in Indian curries

A perfect accompaniment for Appam Quick Idiyappam and Set Dosa too, the Madras Onion Stew is a really exciting preparation of shallots with a mind-boggling array of flavours.

  Madras Onion Stew

Whole Masoor Dal protein and fibre-rich dal also features a spiky spice paste, which makes it very attractive to the desi palate!

Kadala Curry  undoubtedly the shallots or madras onions that give this dish its unique aroma and flavour! feast on this spicy and nutritious recipe with a bowl of steaming hot rice topped with ghee. 

   Whole Masoor Dal, Sabut Masoor Dal, How To Make Whole Masoor Dal

Shallots, Madras Onions used in Indain dals

Sambar Recipe cooked not only by South Indians but all Indians. It so popular that you can get it anywhere in India.

Corn Sambhar, an extremely innovative variant of the quintessential sambhar, this adds to your meal the nutritional benefits of corn and the cooling effect of madras onions. 

Sambhar

Kadala Curry and Dal Chenchki  Shallots gives the dal a nice crunch and pungent taste. This everyday dal recipe is pressure-cooked, and is therefore not very time consuming.

   Kadala Curry, Kerala Curry for Appam, Puttu and Dosa

Shallots used  in Indian pickle and chutney

Madras Onion Pickle serve this pickle with rice, spicy vegetable, curries or parathas.

This pickle tastes best as soon as its prepared. 

  Madras Onion Pickle

Mixed Vegetable-water Pickle one of Delhi's most popular winter pickles. Large glass jars of this pickle are often sold at street corners, it is stored in tangy mustard flavoured water makes my mouth water just to think of it. 

   Mixed Vegetable-water Pickle

Tomato Coconut Chutney a popular dosai chutney served in Tamil Nadu.

Very few ingredients like tomatoes, grated coconut, shallots, chana dal, urad dal and Indian spices goes into making this chutney. 

Tomato Coconut Chutney

Assorted Pickle sweetish pickle, made with a unique combination of veggies like baby corn, shallots, carrot and beetroot, this Pickle is quite versatile, and may be served as a pickle or salad, to accompany any meal.

Shallots used in Indian rice

A traditional one-dish meal from the kitchens of Tamil Nadu, the Sambar Rice is enjoyed so much by them that it is made on special occasions as well as lazy weekends!

Sambhar Rice

Shallots in dressings

Shallot White Wine Vinegar Dressing, shallots have a crisp and juicy texture, and a special flavour that is both spicy and mildly-sweet. Together with olive oil, vinegar and mustard paste, it makes a tongue-tickling dressing that transforms even a simple salad into a connoisseur’s delight.

Avocado Dressing a creamy dressing of avocado and curds spruced up with crunchy titbits of chopped shallots, this is sure to turn any salad into a delectable treat! Try this dressings with garden fresh veggies and salad leaves.

Avocado Dressing