How to Freeze Minced Ginger
Freeze ginger in an easy and effective to last for months and always have it readily available for sauces,curries,stir fries and Indian tea!
Ingredients
- 1 kg/2.2 pounds Ginger
- 1 Baking tray and a spatula
- 1 freezer bag
Instructions
- Peel and cut ginger in chunks.
- Put Ginger in food processor and pulse or just do it in short bursts.
- Put minced ginger on a baking tray and flatten it out into a thin layer.
- Use spatula to now run vertical lines through the ginger, making sure the gaps are wide enough.
- Use spatula to run horizontal lines through the ginger,so that you get squares.
- Put the baking tray in the freezer for about two to two and a half hours.
- Remove the frozen ginger and break into squares.
- Store in a ziploc bag in the freezer.
Notes
No water should be added while mincing. I dont like to make the ginger too fine,so I pulse it. if you like it smoother or finer,you can run the food processor a little longer. Its important to make wide enough demarcations/lines in the ginger so it will be easy to break into squares. Can be frozen for 4-6 months. I have also realized that if its organic ginger, you can just scrub it really well, then you don't need to peel it.
Alternately, you can fill the Freezer bag with minced ginger close it, (don't over fill) and make demarcations with a dull knife or chopstick so the squares are already marked before you put the bag in the freezer.
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