– Rice water
2. The process of salting delicious onions for Tet
Step 1: Reduce the pungentness of onions
When you buy onions, soak them in water to wash the rice overnight. Mix 20g of salt with 1.5 liters of water. Cut onion roots, peel, soak through salt water, will eliminate the pungent smell and make the onion crisper and whiter. Then, pour the onion into the basket to drain.
Step 2: Make onion brine
You mix the fish sauce mixture to salt the onions as follows: 1 bowl of fish sauce, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 1 bowl of vinegar and 1.5 bowls of water and stir well to dissolve the sugar. After the sugar is dissolved, you put this mixture in a small pot and bring to a boil, then let it cool.
Step 3: Clean the container
The jar containing the salted onions should be washed and dried thoroughly. Avoid leaving the jar with cold water, because they will make the onions easily scum, boots and not delicious.
