How To Cut Onions Like A Pro | Different Ways To Chop An Onion | Basic Cooking

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Published 2016-08-23
The Bombay Chef Varun Inamdar is here to give you the first lesson on basic cooking.

With the chef learn how to chop and slice onions in multiple ways. We are sure you'll start cutting onions like a pro after watching the video. So watch and learn different styles of chopping an onion only on Rajshri Food.

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- Onion
- A Sharp Knife
- Cutting Board
- Tissue Paper
- Water

Method
- Place a tissue paper on the table and splash some water over it
- Place the cutting board over the wet tissue
- Hold the onion with the thumb on one side and rest of the fingers to the other side.
- Cut it in between with a sharp knife
- Slice off the root & top of-of the onion and peel the onions
- Place onion into water
- Wash the onions properly

Vertical Slicing
- Keep the cut surface facing towards the board.
- Make fine cuts from one side to another, gradually.
-Keep the knife moving.
- Keep your fingers safe.
- When you reach the end of the onion, twist it, push it down and continue slicing it.

Horizontal Slicing
- Turn it around and start cutting the onion from top to bottom

Chopping
- Use the tip of the knife and cut the onion from side to side
- Now hold the onion and turn it and start cutting horizontally
- Make even and close cuts

Dicing
- Cut onions into thick slices – somewhere around half cm thick ( for small dice ) a centimeter and half thick ( for a medium slice ) cut a half onion into 3 ( for a large slice ).
- Turn the angle and continue slicing horizontally
- Run your fingers through it and release all the petals

Petals
-Take the half onion and cut it into two
- Pick it up and release the petals

Roundels
- Place onion sideways and slice off the cap and root
- Peel off the onion skin and wash it
- Turn the onion sideways, give an in-cession and press it downwards
- Thinness and thickness can be adjusted
- You can even release the rings

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All Comments (21)
  • @ashishcs2
    its 2 AM and I am wondering if I go to the fridge and start chopping onions, will my family think I have issues? I just think I am inspired
  • @mohdtabrez4340
    By the end of quarantine we are going to become masterchefs 😂
  • @Fredd00007
    If any of you are very sensitive to acid in onions causing tears in the eye, avoid cutting the root until you've finished chopping. Learnt it from another famous chef and it definitely helped me.
  • @deepaknaik6111
    My brain: okay it's easy My eyes: no My hands: don't even think about it
  • @pai1976
    It's 3:05 am Me: guess ill sleep now YouTube: wanna cut onion like a pro? Me: ok
  • @rahul25banka
    After so many years of my life... finally my Mumma will be proud of me that I can cut Onions with great dedication & that too in different shapes n sizes 😂😂😂
  • @chetanpandore
    Its 1:03 am and this video is being recommended by Youtube.😂
  • Lesson to Learn: If you have talent , You can make 12Millions views with Just Onions, Knife and A board...🤘
  • Where did you get your cooking skills? - Quarantine Cooking Academy
  • @hzlkelly
    I'm already a chef but still like watching basic skills 😂
  • @vlogsingh
    Raise your hand agar aisa chaku hi nahi h 😂
  • @abrahamlara7662
    I’ve never been more excited to go buy onions and chop them
  • @Abinash91
    I wish I had opted for being a chef. Being an engineer is tough. 😞 (Crying over an onion seems easier than crying over bugs!) 😂
  • @alnz7335
    Me: I should sleep early so I can have stable sleep schedule. Also me at 3 am: How tO cUt OniOnS LikE a PrO.
  • This guy looks like a surgeon ... Over onion ... making incisions as he says
  • @MrLKpyro
    Thank YouTube its 2 am and I am watching how to cut a union
  • @secretAZNman_
    this video is almost 4 years old.. how have i never seen this when searching how to cut onion? did this explode during quarantine? anyway... best vid i've seen. petals was exactly what i was looking for, just didn't know the name of the cut