Pickled Onion (Sirke ka pyaaz)

A condiment in every North Indian restaurant, a recipe we have always seen our Moms and Grand mom's follow...

Ingredients

8-10 small sized Peeled Onions or Medium ones cut into halves

2-3 green chilli, slit lengthwise

1 Cup Vinegar 

1 Cup Water

1 tsp black pepper powder

3-4 Cloves

2 beetroot, peeled and sliced 

Small piece of cinnamon stick

1/2 Tbsp Salt

Procedure 

Transfer the Onions And green chilli into a big sized Glass Jar. Add salt. Add Vinegar.  Boil water in a pan, add cinnamon stick. Cloves, pepper powder and beetroot. Boil for couple of minutes till the beetroot softens and the water becomes red in color. Let this water cool, sieve and transfer to the Jar. Close the Jar properly and let it sit for about 24 hours so that the liquid it soaked well by the onions. This can be kept outside for 7 days or in refrigerator for about a month.