Restaurant style laccha pyaz|laccha onion salad recipe

Restaurant style laccha pyaz|laccha onion salad recipe is very popular North Indian side dish which goes perfectly with any meal or tandoori appetizer.

Laccha pyaz means onion ring salad, which is spiced with spices, lemon juice for tanginess with the crunch of onions.

It adds extra flavour to any meal. It is the easiest side dish you can make and it can be made within 10 minutes.

Pyaz/onion and chutney play a very important role in every Punjabi house, we eat lots of raw onion with meals, appetizer or snacks. sometimes when their is no salad or chutney with meal we simply break onion with rolling pin, peel, wash and eat with meals.

I made this laccha pyaz for my aunts and cousins with pav bhaji, it was a win-win recipe. they loved it so much that I made it again for them but always serve this salad fresh.

Give this recipe a try and enjoy this salad with your meals.

Quick jump

• Ingredients
• How to make laccha pyaz salad
• Serving suggestions
• Variation
• Top tips
• FAQs
• Other recipes you might like
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Ingredients

Onion: Use big onion for big onion rings. you can use any variety of onion like red onion or white onion. I have used red onion for this recipe.

Spices: This recipe requires very basic spices which is salt, Kashmiri red chilli powder, black salt and chaat masala. If you’re using regular spicy red chilli powder then decrease the quantity as Kashmiri red chilli powder is less spicy.

Coriander/cilantro leaves: it adds freshness to the salad, you can also use mint leaves as well.

Lemon: lemon juice adds tanginess to the salad.

Oil: use smoked mustard oil so that you don’t get raw taste and smell, it can also be substituted with olive oil.

How to make laccha pyaz salad

• Peel the onion, slice peeled onion into thick laccha or onion rings. make sure to use big onion for laccha pyaz so that you get big laccha.

• Now transfer the sliced onion ring to a mixing bowl or high hipped platter then add ice cubes and chilled water in it.

• Chilled water willmake the onion less bitter and extra crunchy. so don’t skip this step.

• Let the onion rest in chilled water for 15 minutes meanwhile separate the onion rings.

• After 15 minutes strain the onion and add chaat masala, kashmiri red chilli powder, black salt, salt, chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice and mustard oil.

• Mix it nicely. if you taste anything less like salt or chilli then you can add little more.

• It ready to serve. you can also checkout dhaba style laccha pyaz recipe video on YouTube.

Serving suggestions

This laccha pyaz goes perfectly with any Indian meal or snacks. try it with paneer tikka (tandoori dishes), pav bhaji, biryani, missi roti, stuffed paratha, gravies-curries or with any meal.

It adds extra crunch and flavour to the meal. you can even use this salad in rolls, burger or sandwiches.

Variation

Achari laccha pyaz– I have made this several times, if you have leftover achar masala in the jar add sliced onion rings in it and mix mix mix!

It’s ready, you don’t need salt, oil or anything as everything is present in the masala. you can readymade or homemade pickle masala.

Mix laccha salad– add sliced onion, sliced tomatoes and sliced cucumber in the salad rest all the steps will be same. but you don’t need to soak tomatoes and cucumber in the water.

Tomato-onion laccha salad– add any combination you like with onion, add tomatoes with onion and rest of the process will be same.

Top tips

✔️Use big onion so that you get big laccha/big onion ring, slice it thick if you slice the onion thin then it will become sloppy with no crunch as onion keeps on leaving water after adding salt in it.

✔️Don’t skip chilled water soaking step as it will add extra crunch to the onion and will remove pungent taste from it.

✔️Spices can be increased or decreased as per your taste.

✔️If you want onion laccha salad more spicy then add finely chopped green chilli in it or increase the amount of red chilli powder.

✔️Use smoked mustard oil, so that you don’t get raw taste.

✔️It tastes fresh and best when served immediately.

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FAQs

How long in advance can you make laccha pyaz?

I won’t recommend you to make this salad in advance but you can do all the prep work in advance.

These thing can be done in advance- Make the spice mix , chop coriander leaves, peel the onion, slice the onion and soak it in the water.

If you do all the prep work in advance then it will take less than 5 minutes to make this laccha onion salad. you just need to mix everything and serve.

Can I use olive oil instead mustard oil?

Yes, you can but if you want to make dhaba style laccha pyaz then use mustard oil. use smoked mustard oil so that you don’t get raw taste.

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