How do you make orange onions?

how do you make those orange-coloured onions (the kind you get at indian restaurants) which i assume are soaked in vinegar sauce? there is usually a jar of thes types of onions on the table along with the pickles, salt, pepper, etc. I want to know how these orange-coloured onions are made.

How do you make orange onions?
You could try using saffron or tumeric for color? Here is a link list to Indian recipes..





Indian


http://www.ivcooking.com/


http://www.gadnet.com/recipes.htm (link list)


http://www.ivu.org/recipes/indian-beans/ (lots of different recipes)


http://about.com/food/rSrch.htm?cu=India...


http://www.bangalinet.com/sweets.htm (sweets)


http://indianfood.about.com/od/sweetsand... (sweets)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (mostly rice)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (more rice)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (sweets)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (more sweets)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (rice pudding, vegetable dishes, yogurt sauces)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (more vegetable dishes, dosas)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (curry dishes, indian ice cream)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indi... (curries, koftas, beans, nan)


http://cookingmedley.blogspot.com/2006/0... (spicy indian hummus)


http://www.recipedelights.com/indianvegd...


http://www.fatfreevegan.com/includes/eth...


http://fitdv.myrecipefriends.com/?nc=498...


http://foodgeeks.com/recipes/subcat/10,3...


http://food.sify.com/keyword_recipe_sear... (all kinds of recipes, but Indian website)


http://www.food-india.com/index/recipeIn...


http://vegetarianworld.blogspot.com/ (recipes and English to hindi translations of ingred)


http://www.bellaonline.com/site/indianfo...


http://www.ammas.com/ar/home.cfm?r=b_are...


http://www.recipemix.com/veggies.htm


http://www.syvum.com/recipes/ivrindex.ht...


http://www.syvum.com/recipes/microwave/i... (microwave recipes)


http://www.fatfree.com/recipes/indian/ (vegan recipes)


http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/3925...


http://www.kadaicuisine.com/


http://www.indian-cooking-recipe.com/


http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/ind... (link list)


http://www.recipemix.com/non_veggies.htm


http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethni...
Reply:Sweet Onion Salad with Onion-Orange Vinaigrette


Dairy-Free, Vegetarian





Serves 6


A spring-y, zesty way to take advantage of fresh oranges and spicy-sweet onions.





Salad


1 large head butter lettuce, torn


2 cups fresh baby spinach


3 large navel oranges


1 sweet onion, peeled


3 apples, cored and diced


2 TB sesame seeds, toasted


4 rounds pita bread, cut into wedges and toasted





Sweet Onion-Orange Vinaigrette





3 TB orange juice


1/8 minced sweet onion


2 TB white wine or champagne vinegar


2 tsp Dijon mustard


2 tsp honey


1/3 cup canola oil


Put greens in a large salad bowl. Peel oranges over medium bowl to catch the juices; cut between membranes to section. Reserve juice for vinaigrette; add sections to salad bowl. Mince 1/8 sweet onion, reserve for vinaigrette. Cut remaining onion into thin slices. Add onion and apple to salad. In a bowl, whisk together the orange juice, sweet onions, vinegar, mustard and honey. Gradually whisk in oil until well blended. Toss salad well with sweet onion-orange vinaigrette. Garnish with sesame seeds and serve with toasted pita wedges.