Friday, December 7, 2012

Homemade Ginger-Garlic Paste | Back to kitchen basics

Its been a long time since I updated my 'How to' index. And when I browsed it, I found that I am missing the most basic Ginger garlic paste. It is a very essential part of any non-vegetarian kitchen. The flavoring that it adds to biryani can never be beaten and when it is homemade and fresh, the final dish is spot on with loads of flavors. How many of you buy ginger-garlic paste from the stores??? I am not one of them. I make it at home and store this in an air-tight container when I find free time in the weekends. It has a good shelf life and I use mine within one or two weeks but it can last till 1 month.

Everyone has their own version of making GG paste.Here is my version. I add some salt to the paste and hence keep an eye on the dishes I make for salt. You can skip adding salt too.

~*What U Need*~
Ginger - 1 cup
Garlic - 1 cup
Water - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/8 tsp

How I Made it:
Peel the skin off ginger and garlic and chop them roughly. Blend this with salt, water and oil till you get a smooth paste. Store in an airtight container. Refrigerate it.

Sending this to EP series held at SpiceNFlavors originally started by Julie.



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Posted by Vimitha Durai at 8:00 AM
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28 comments:

  1. meenabDecember 7, 2012 at 8:09 AM

    from next time i m going to do this only make a paste and keep in fridge

    and dear in veg dishes i use it too a lot

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  2. JulieDecember 7, 2012 at 8:52 AM

    Great post!!
    can u please link it to my event??link is below dear:)
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  3. Shama NagarajanDecember 7, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    super tempting and inviting

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  4. BeenaDecember 7, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    Good post

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  5. UnknownDecember 7, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    useful post and nothing like homemade...

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  6. MadhaviDecember 7, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    Love this paste!!!

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    easy n useful recipe

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  8. UnknownDecember 7, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    homemade....nice

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  9. Divya ADecember 7, 2012 at 1:49 PM

    Nice useful post dear, even I use salt, it helps prolong the life of the paste :) Good one :)
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  10. Home Cooked foodDecember 7, 2012 at 2:53 PM

    very useful one. I always have this in my fridge. I use oil though and it works fine.

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  11. Kathleen RichardsonDecember 7, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    I love the idea of ginger and garlic, but garlic and I no longer get along. It was, I thought, a lifetime relationship, but we had to end it. Darn, darn, darn, would have loved to try this recipe. On the other hand, Vimitha, this would make a lovely Christmas gift.

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  12. Suja ManojDecember 7, 2012 at 4:35 PM

    Useful post dear,home made is the best

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  13. Saraswathi GaneshanDecember 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    Useful and needy post dear..thanks for sharing..
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  14. SwathiDecember 7, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    Very nice post.

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  15. kausers kitchenDecember 8, 2012 at 4:08 AM

    We always use the homemade ginger-garlic paste only, we make it the same way minus oil.
    Nothing better than homemade.
    Have a wonderful weekend dear :)

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  16. Mrs.Ahmed December 8, 2012 at 6:22 AM

    wooo my mom prepare the same way and its the best home made ginger-garlic paste :)

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  17. Priya SureshDecember 8, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    Nothing will beat the homemade gg paste,lovely post.

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  18. Gloria BakerDecember 8, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    sounds really delicious!!

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  19. FamilycookDecember 8, 2012 at 4:46 PM

    This gorgeous paste is worth every bit of effort when compared to the store bought chemical-laden one!

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  20. Liz That Skinny Chick Can BakeDecember 8, 2012 at 5:50 PM

    Mmmmm....I love this combination and use it so often :)

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  21. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.comDecember 8, 2012 at 8:05 PM

    Need this almost regularly in the kitchen!

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  22. Love2cook MalaysiaDecember 9, 2012 at 12:53 AM

    A must have paste in my fridge...ginger-garlic! ;)

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  23. ShabbuDecember 9, 2012 at 3:30 AM

    Very useful and nice post...

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  24. HemaDecember 9, 2012 at 9:39 AM

    Very useful post Vimitha..

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  25. spicenflavorsDecember 9, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    Very important base for most of our cooking ,thanks for sending this entry to my event of December hosting Join EP event-Garlic OR Turmeric @ Spice n Flavors

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  26. ShobhaDecember 9, 2012 at 10:33 PM

    Nice to make it and store..it is used in almost all the dishes.

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  27. PHDecember 10, 2012 at 2:41 AM

    Vimitha, I don't trust the ones in the bottle :) I usually pound on my own and now that I learn from you, I want to make more and store it. So convenient!

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  28. Shanthi KrishnakumarDecember 10, 2012 at 7:38 AM

    Perfect looking and lovely.

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