Topic: how i make my garlic & ginger paste it stays white.

[h4ppy-chris]

garlic ............150g
ginger ...........150g
oil.................125ml (1/2 cup)
salt...............1/4 Tsp (helps to preserve it)
no water
put all in a jug and use a stick blender to make in to a paste.
then put in to a sterile jar and keep in the fridge it will last up to 4 weeks.
hope this helps 

[Razor]

Spot on Chris, exactly same method as me

[976bar]

I've not used salt before, always have used turmeric, yes it turns yellow, but it doesn't affect the final dish and also lasts up to 4 weeks.

I always make garlic and ginger in separate jars as I find I can then control how much of each I want to use, rather than a blend

[colin grigson]

Like 976bar I don't use salt but I do blend garlic and ginger together at a ratio of 60 / 40 , I add oil but only around 10% of volume ... funnily enough I made 0.5kg the day before yesterday and froze it in 50g containers .. it took forever though batch by batch .. not my favourite bit of curry cooking !!     

[chewytikka]

Yes, spot on combo and method.
Can't go wrong with this chris.

cheers ChewyTikka

[976bar]

Or the other method Chris

[h4ppy-chris]

each to there own !
in a BIR kitchen it's to what i have put , there is no time to piss about with abit of this and a bit of that.
it's the same in all curry's 50/50

[GeorgeC]

Like 976bar I don't use salt but I do blend garlic and ginger together at a ratio of 60 / 40 , I add oil but only around 10% of volume ... funnily enough I made 0.5kg the day before yesterday and froze it in 50g containers .. it took forever though batch by batch .. not my favourite bit of curry cooking !!     

Colin I have had great success using icecube moulds, freeze it and then put the cubes into a freezer bag to avoid them drying out. 

It saves so much time and you can be as anal as you want with it

[ELW]

Try the frozen Taj G & G, neat little blocks making ratios easy. I'd be amazed if anyone could tell the difference in a curry.

[Tommy Timebomb]

Trivial really, but does freezing GG enhance the dreaded spit?