Grandma's Pickled Onions

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sea salt
• 2 1/2 L water
• 1 1/2 kg baby onions unpeeled
• 4 tbs brown sugar
• 4 cups malt vinegar
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 1 tsp mixed peppercorns
• 1/2 tsp whole allspice
• 4 bay leaves crushed
• 12 whole cloves
• 3 long red chillies deseeded chopped