Small red onions / shallots in vinegar

Ingredients needed for the small onions in vinegar
20 small onions peeled
1cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt /adjust according to your taste

How to prepare Small onions in vinegar
Mix vinegar, water, sugar together.
Bring it to boil in a sauce pan, simmer for a minute. Remove and let cool
Mean while apply a little salt all over the onions and keep aside.
Take a glass bottle, put in the onions.
When the vinegar mixture gets to the room temperature pour in to the bottle with the onions so that the liquid covers the onions.
Cover it up nicely in an airtight bottle. Keep aside for 2 days.
Now you can see that the liquid has changed to pinkish.
Serve as an accompaniment to chappathies, naans, biryani etc