Chop Onion with fewer Tears :)

Onions are full of flavor, affordable, and nutritious!

But Slicing an onion irritates eyes a lot .Isn't it ?

Few of us may start crying literally just by the thought of chopping onions.

Do you know why does tear comes while slicing an onion?

The tearing agent is your body’s chemical defense.

When you slice an onion, it ruptures onion cells, a pungent juice sprays up into your eyes releasing a chemical irritant (amino acid sulphoxides). These re-form to make a gas and come in contact with your eyes-glands, it stings and the eye responds by producing tears to cleanse itself.

Well! … the truth is that there is no practical way to completely eliminate eye irritation, but there are a few things you can do to make it better.

Chopping Onion is an art and if its quick, the amount of irritation to eyes may be less.

So Lets see the steps to chop  an onion efficiently:

Here are the tips using which may help us to cry less

1. Use a sharp Knife: Because a sharp knife ruptures fewer onion cells, and so less tears!
2. Chill them:Chilling the onion few mins before chopping will cause less evaporation, less gas, and less tears!
3. Soak them:Soak the onions in water, this eliminates any gas from escaping into the air, and will therefore eliminate the eye irritation problem.

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