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Default Onion as a thickener

On 6/21/2013 4:11 AM, Jim Stone wrote:
> I've been told a good way to thicken a curry is with finely minced onions.
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> What would be a good way to go about this? Finely chop the onions with a
> knife and then fry? Or blitz the onion in a dry chopper then fry or boil?
> Or with a small amount of liquid in a blender?
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> How would this most easily and best be done please? Thanks.
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I've found that using a hand cheese grater works well.

The blender and liquid sounds reasonable too.