Spicy Onion Salad (Sarlas in Malayalam)

This is a very simple salad famous in some parts of Kerala, India. Locally this is known as sarlas (സര്‍ളാസ്). It is also known as sallas (സ‍ള്ളാസ്) in other places. This goes very well with items like cutlets, fish fry etc. There are also variations to this. There is one variation which uses coconut milk. I will post that sometime later when we make them at home.

I prepared this last weekend to go along with the chicken tikka that I had made.

Ingredients

• 2 large onions thinly sliced lengthwise
• 2 green chillies finely chopped
• 1 large tomato chopped into very small pieces
• 2 tbsp of vinegar
• 2 tbsp of salt
• A pinch of black pepper powder (optional)

Method

• In a bowl take the sliced onions and add the salt.
• Using your hands mix the onions and salt well and start squeezing the onion. Continue this for a few minutes, till the onions become crushed and the onion juices have come out
• Now squeeze dry the onion and transfer it to another bowl. Discard the water.
• Add the green chillies, tomato and the vinegar and mix everything well
• Add a pinch of black pepper powder (optional)
• Usually no more salt needs to be added. Taste and add salt if needed.

Serve this with cutlets, fish fry etc.

And one last picture