Immature Onions?

>> Saturday, 28 June 2008

This week it's all about my beloved green onions/scallions/spring onions, you get the picture. Well, if being immature is this attractive and versatile while making a bold yet subtle presence either on my tongue or to my eyes, then please, do not ever mature! Click here for the column.

  • If you want more about slicing green onions, check out Cookthink.
  • If you're interested in reducing the oniony flavour when adding green onions to a salad, let Tigerfish tell you and show you how.
  • If you're looking for a fast delicious meal in which green onions are one of the key ingredients, then you've got to try this dish by Gattina.
  • And for a green vegetarian dish that's sure to please, eaten with some rice, pickle and dhal, then head on over to Ferdzy.
Purple Green Onions
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Show me your moves as you garnish.

Green onions

The Chinese and Korean cuisines are known for their green onions pancakes, however, this week, I wanted to try making a green onion-paratha the way we make paratha roti here in the Caribbean with the exception of clapping the roti. It turned out really well and the taste testers were enthusiastic as I served them the roti with some of my spiced sauteed potatoes. For the recipes of any or all of the dishes, please send me an email.

Roti and potato
Fried Potatoes

Egg salad is another of those many dishes in which I enjoy the green onions.

Egg Salad

I would like to thank my fellow crabby buddy and all of you for your kind birthday wishes. Thank You!

77 comments:

Andrea June 28, 2008 10:12 AM  

I knew your birthday was this month, but I didn't know when... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Btw, seeing those red peppers in the potatoes made me drool a bit.

Asha June 28, 2008 10:16 AM  

Happy Birthday Cynthia, I left a wish yesterday in your last post. Hope you had a wonderful day!:))

Green onions Egg salad looks yummy, I make it too, makes a delicious sandwiches. Paratha looks mouthwatering!:))

Enjoy your weekend.

Peter M June 28, 2008 10:48 AM  

Oh onion, grow up! However, stay young Cynthia, be good and have a wonderful Birthday.

[eatingclub] vancouver || js June 28, 2008 11:04 AM  

Happy Birthday! Wish you delicious days ahead.

Love the green onion dishes. Another thing I love about green onions is they're inexpensive but they add oomph to a lot of dishes. Green onion pancakes are a favourite of mine.

Ivy June 28, 2008 11:16 AM  

Happy Birthday Cynthia. Eggs and spring onions salad is one of my favourite as well.

The Cooking Ninja June 28, 2008 11:21 AM  

Happy Birthday !

Your green onion prata looks fantastic and I love egg salad with green onions. :)

meeso June 28, 2008 12:58 PM  

Hmmm... I see some birthday wishes here, so... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I have loved the flavor of green onions since I was a kid :)

Keva,  June 28, 2008 2:26 PM  

Happy Birthday Cynthia!

Green onions/chives/'chibble'? or whatever they are called, I like em. I've never seen the purple head ones though. I'll have to look for those at maybe a WholeFoods market or some place like that. The paratha with the spiced potatoes looks good too!

Kevin June 28, 2008 5:09 PM  

Nice photos of the onions. They are so vibrant green. That onion roti looks good.

glamah16 June 28, 2008 5:47 PM  

Loving the onion roti with spiced potatoes. Great dish. I seek that pungent onion flavor so no need for me to mess with nature:-) Love your garnishing tips.
Hoepy our birthday is fab!

OhioMom June 28, 2008 5:58 PM  

I have never had roti either, but it does look good as well as the spiced potatoes....okay got to go look up roti :)

Anamika:The Sugarcrafter June 28, 2008 6:35 PM  

hi cynthia
i has left a wish for you on my blog on your birthday..check it out

Rosa's Yummy Yums June 28, 2008 8:41 PM  

Happy Birthday!!! Have a great day!

Your dishes never seaze to amaze and tempt me! Wonderful, as always!

Cheers,

Rosa

indosungod June 28, 2008 9:55 PM  

Those are wonderful looking onions and the spiced sauteed potatoes, looks great too.

sra June 29, 2008 2:41 AM  

Happy Birthday, Cynthia! Wish I'd been your taste tester!

wmw June 29, 2008 5:58 AM  

Happy Birthday Cynthia! I like the your moves with the "onions"!

Precious Pea June 29, 2008 9:45 AM  

Happy Belated Birthday Cynthia!

Green onions prata looks good. Must be so aromatic during the cooking process.

Mansi Desai June 29, 2008 12:33 PM  

that paratha looks awesome Cynthia! I am so going to make it!:) and wish you a very Happy B'day!! hope you had a bash gal!)

Jyothsna June 29, 2008 2:01 PM  

I'm late.....Happy Birthday Cynthia! Wish you a wonderful year ahead! And loved the green onion egg salad and the potato dish.

farida June 29, 2008 2:58 PM  

Happy B-Day Cynthia! Wishing you a happy, healthy long life!

These dishes look so delicious! Yum!

Elle June 29, 2008 3:22 PM  

Happy Birthday Cynthia!
Love the color as well as the flavor of green onions...the photo of the corkscrew looking tops is delightful! Now I want to make egg salad. Mmmmm.

tigerfish June 29, 2008 8:42 PM  

I absolutely like the collage of spring onions art! Awesome!

Nags June 29, 2008 9:20 PM  

the egg salad looks absolutely yummy!

Susan June 29, 2008 10:35 PM  

Parathas and potatoes look wonderful.
Happy B-Day, Cynthia!

Lyrical Lemongrass June 29, 2008 10:36 PM  

Happy Birthday, Cynthia!

I love the photos of the sliced green onions. Very attractive!

krystyna June 29, 2008 10:59 PM  

Hi Cynthia!
Happy Birthday
to you from deep of my heart!

Thank you for this beautiful post.
I connot imagine my day without anions. Your suggestions and pics are very needful.
Immature onions are yummy and healthy. And very decorative too.

Have a wonderful time!

Lore June 30, 2008 9:39 AM  

Happy b-day Cynthia! Love green onions in any dish, they are always so playful and springy!

Swati: Sugarcraft India June 30, 2008 10:00 AM  

Happy Birthday Dear! Hope you had a lovely day and wish you a wonderful year ahead!!
This is one more marvellous post with lovely pictures ..
Really cooking would be so different and difficult without onions..

Helen June 30, 2008 11:55 AM  

Cynthia I missed your birthday? So sorry - happy birthday!!! I hope you had a wonderful day. I love green onions too and I am e-mailing you now for the recipe!

Deborah June 30, 2008 1:53 PM  

Green onions have to be one of my favorite kinds of onions. It all looks delicious!

Mandira June 30, 2008 4:43 PM  

Belated birthday wishes Cynthia. Those green onion parathas and spiced potatoes, those look delicious. I want a plate too :)

doggybloggy June 30, 2008 7:06 PM  

our world is so wonderous that the seasons happen all over at all times...I wish I had some spring onions now......you inspire me so.

happy birthday.

Sagari June 30, 2008 8:30 PM  

happy birthday ,

beautiful pics

bee June 30, 2008 10:53 PM  

we have lots of these purple beauties growing in our yard. i'm so excited.

Proud Italian Cook June 30, 2008 11:13 PM  

Hi Cynthia, I love green onions, and really enjoy them grilled too. I have never seen purple green onions here, if I did, I would buy them up in a heartbeat! Happy be-lated B-Day, I hope your day was wonderful! Remember you're not getting older,you're just getting better!

Hugs!!
Marie

Nina's Kitchen (Nina Timm) July 01, 2008 1:17 AM  

This was just a delightful post to read. The different recipes and the photos are just exquisite. The potatoes had me drooling at 7.00 in the morning.

nicisme July 01, 2008 6:00 AM  

Many happy returns Cynthia! Hope you had a super day.
BTW, the potatoes look fabulous!

easycrafts July 01, 2008 6:59 AM  

Belated bday wishes to you...each and every snap of the onions is so attractive

Half Baked July 01, 2008 9:32 AM  

Happy Birthday Cynthia!! Hope it was a good one:)
The green onion pancakes are making my mouth water!!

n33ma July 01, 2008 11:58 AM  

Happy belated Bday!Nice Paratha.

TBC July 01, 2008 5:14 PM  

Belated birthday wishes, Cynthia!
Here's to many many more! :)

Jeena July 01, 2008 6:54 PM  

Happy Birthday!!!

I love all of your onion dishes you make each and every picture look so beautiful. :-)

Aparna July 02, 2008 12:54 AM  

Your parathas and sauteed potato is making me hungry, Cynthia.
I make a version of these oninon parathas with paneer in them.

Lisa July 02, 2008 8:23 AM  

Happy belated birthday! I hope this year brings you every good thing. Those paratha rotis and the potatoes look just out of this world.

Alka July 02, 2008 9:04 AM  

Hello Cynthia,
I guess i m last in wishing u,happy b'day.....Hope u had a wonderful,warm and memorable day!
As usual the pics are to die for...and yes immature onions hold a special place in my kitchen too.i love to play with the flavors of different food by using these.

Laavanya July 02, 2008 12:19 PM  

Beautiful garnishes with spring onions Cynthia.. and I love the parathas.. look so soft.

Seena July 02, 2008 3:08 PM  

Cynth,
Couldn't leave comment in your blog since long..how are you?
May I come there to have dinner with you, that dish is sooo tempting..! :P

Roopa July 02, 2008 3:31 PM  

Hi Cynthia:) Belated Happy Birthday:) I hope you had a wonderful time:) Lovely curls of the onion:) I have never prepared Egg salad, yours looks super yummy:) I try to incorporate onion in most of my cooking. Same goes for garlic.

daphne July 02, 2008 11:03 PM  

i was told that spring onions with the red stems are sweeter.. but they are not available in Perth =(

Happy belated birthday!

Homecooked July 03, 2008 5:40 AM  

Hey Belated Birthday wishes. The rotis look so soft and delicious!

Simply...Gluten-free July 03, 2008 7:07 AM  

Happy, happy Birthday you wonderful woman!

Veda Murthy July 03, 2008 8:37 AM  

Hi cynthia....

Theres something for you on my blog

http://iyengarskitchen.blogspot.com

Veda

A&N July 03, 2008 9:02 AM  

Hi Cynthia, I've never seen 'red spring onions'! And the garnishing pictures look really gorgeous! And the paranthas.....yummmmiiiieeee :)

David Hall July 03, 2008 9:09 AM  

Liking the twirly scallions! Happy birthday Cynthia, been a pleasure reading your Blog.

Cheers
David

Sorina July 03, 2008 12:29 PM  

Very Very visually appealing…great presentation

White On Rice Couple July 04, 2008 10:53 AM  

Happy B to you Cynthia!!
Those are some kick butt knife moves on the onions! You win!

aforkfulofspaghetti July 04, 2008 11:22 AM  

Happy Birthday!

Great uses for scallions/spring onions, all! My fave way of cooking them at the moment is with sauteed with some broad beans, peas, garlic, and bacon - with lots of mint and basil. Yum!

Jaya July 04, 2008 12:46 PM  

Hi,
my first time here , and I am kind of so hooked to your wonderful site.
Wishing you Happy Birthday .
Onions remains our fav too .
Hugs and smiles
jaya

Lori Lynn July 04, 2008 4:48 PM  

Happy Belated Birthday Cynthia!

Love the green onion garnishes. And egg salad, so simple yet so satisfying, I like mine with green onion too!

easycrafts July 05, 2008 4:59 AM  

I have something for u on my blog...An friendship award

Passionate baker...& beyond July 05, 2008 6:36 AM  

Happy belated birthday dear girl! Hope your day ROCKED!!! The paratha looks far better than anything I've ever been able to make...WOW!!! Love the veggies too. Green onions are one of my fave flavours...YUM YUM YUM!!

Chris July 05, 2008 5:05 PM  

mmmm, onions! I love the garnishes! Happy (belated) Birthday!!!

Tanya July 06, 2008 9:09 AM  

Happy Birthday! The green onion dish looks wonderful! I love egg salad too. Your presentations are always so well done!

whitefieldbb@gmail.com July 06, 2008 10:45 AM  

Hi Cynthia:

Glad I have a wonderful person like you to add to my niece collection.
I visit your site just to drool over those mouth watering recipes.
Your paratha slide show is outstanding.
Geeta Aunty

Kristen July 06, 2008 11:02 PM  

Oh I love those onion garnish pic's!

Happy belated birthday to you. I hope it was wonderful!

Coffee & Vanilla July 07, 2008 3:23 PM  

Cynthia, I love what you did to the onions!! :)

Have a wonderful day, Margot

Urban Vegan July 08, 2008 8:17 AM  

I just adore green onions! The more the better. Your pictures are perfect, as usual.

Cynthia: I am coming back to Barbados in November. If you have time, do you have any suggestions about where a vegan like me can eat? I vaguely remember that Oistens had some veggies (My husband eats fish, so he'll want to go there.) Does macaroni pie contain cheese? ;)

TavoLini July 11, 2008 5:00 PM  

Happy belated birthday, Cynthia! I, too, have many green onions from the garden--these recipes are putting mine to shame, though!

Looks delicious!

Shaun July 12, 2008 5:22 AM  

Happy belated birthday, Cynthia! Thank you for sharing these great ideas for green onions. I particularly love the look of your paratha. There is a stir-fried Taiwanese beef dish that uses a lot of green onions. I will get the recipe for you from Eric's mom - it's simple but wonderfully tasty.

Stella (Sweet Temptations) July 12, 2008 8:07 AM  

Happy Belated birthday Cynthia! Many happy returns:)

and ouuh, love these dishes, absolutely yummilicious!

Bellini Valli July 12, 2008 8:22 AM  

Green onions, spring onions, scallions....we have come to expect them in so many dishes:D

Mythili July 15, 2008 4:15 PM  

Belated birthday wishes, honey.

KayKat July 16, 2008 12:48 PM  

Happy B'day, Cyn!

Aren't those onions awesome (I love you pics!), can't wait to pull mine out of the ground, *so* excited!

Alpa July 17, 2008 9:36 PM  

Belated Happy Birthday Cynthia! I hope you had a fabulous time.

Did you grow those in the first picture with the purple ends? I've never seen those here. I bet you could just grill those and sprinkle sea salt and eat them just like that.

Olive August 16, 2008 5:47 AM  

I am now so addicted to your site. Fantastic! These dishes are so gorgeous.

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