Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste Recipe
Ginger Garlic Paste is one of the staple ingredient used in most of Indian cooking. Making fresh ginger garlic paste at home is easy, cost effective and best for cooking. You can make a huge batch of homemade ginger garlic paste and store in fridge or freezer for many months. Learn how to make homemade ginger and garlic paste and how to freeze them properly.
Equipment
Blender
Glass Jars
Ingredients
- 250 grams Fresh Ginger washed, skins scraped and chopped roughly
- 250 grams Fresh Garlic separated, unpeeled & washed
- 2 tablespoon Salt
- 2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 4 tablespoon Oil I used Refined Oil
Instructions
- Wash ginger really well to remove dirt from it. Peel the skin of ginger using a peeler. You can use a spoon to scrape the skin from ginger. Wash it well again and chop roughly. You can leave garlic with skins on or peel garlic. Wash it really well and strain completely.
- Take ginger, garlic in a blender. Grind it to a paste, don't use water when grinding. Use a spoon to scrape the sides of the blender so the ginger and garlic grinds evenly.
- Once ginger and garlic is ground, add turmeric powder, salt, 2 tablespoon oil and blend again till smooth.
- Now transfer this to a clean, dry freezer safe glass jar. Pour in 2 tablespoon of the remaining oil over the ginger garlic paste. This layer of oil on top of the paste preserves this ginger garlic paste in fridge for longer period of time.
- You can store this in fridge upto 10 days. Or store in freezer upto 6 months.
Notes
- For making ginger garlic paste, I peel the skin of ginger alone and leave garlic with skins on. You can peel garlic if you want.
- Turmeric powder is optional, and can be skipped.
- You can use olive oil, vegetable oil for making this paste. Coconut oil may harden when stored in fridge or freezer so avoid coconut oil.
Storage
Storing in Fridge - Homemade ginger garlc paste can be stored in fridge upto 10 days. Use clean dry spoon when handling. Make sure a layer of oil is always present for longer shelf life.This oil helps with the shelf life and prevents mould formation. Storing in Freezer - You can store this in the freezer upto 6 months. Use freezer safe container to avoid freezer burn. This paste doesn't harden like rock when it stays in freezer. It can be scraped easily with a spoon. You can scrape as much as you need when you want.Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste Recipe
Serving Size
1 tbsp
Amount per Serving
Calories
2
% Daily Value*
Fat
0.1
g
0
%
Saturated Fat
0.01
g
0
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.03
g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1
g
Sodium
28
mg
1
%
Potassium
4
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
0.3
g
0
%
Fiber
0.02
g
0
%
Sugar
0.01
g
0
%
Protein
0.04
g
0
%
Vitamin A
0.04
IU
0
%
Vitamin C
0.2
mg
0
%
Calcium
1
mg
0
%
Iron
0.02
mg
0
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.