Chicken dhansak for Davepreston

[Luckypants]

Where can you get ginger paste? and is that one tsp of ginger paste and one tsp of garlic paste?

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Originally Posted by Luckypants

Where can you get ginger paste? and is that one tsp of ginger paste and one tsp of garlic paste?

1tbsp mixed, so half ginger and half garlic.

You can buy garlic and ginger paste in jars everywhere now, but I never bother as it's always lost some of it's flavour and lots of it's freshness.

I just get a good hand sized piece of fresh ginger, peel and chop well, then chop a head of garlic cloves and throw them into a pestle and mortar (a good little blitzer would do) and just smash it down. It needs a lot of work as the fibres in ginger are quite tough, but it's so much better than shop bought. Pop it into a glass or mug, pour on enough peanut or groundnut oil just to cover, cover with cling film and it'll stor for a couple of weeks in the fridge. If you store the ginger and garlic seperately, it makes using garlic in other recipes really quick and simple too

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If you are using a pestle and mortar and want to speed up the process, add a little rock salt, but I prefer to season at the end of cooking.

[Luckypants]

so finely grated ginger would do?

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Originally Posted by Luckypants

so finely grated ginger would do?

Yep...no probs. If you have a good, really sharp microplane, a good tip with ginger is to peel it and wrap tightly in cling film. Keep it in the freezer and it lasts months. Then when you need it, for starters, it's really easy to just grab and grate and secondly...being frozen breaks down the fibres, so it's also easier to grate

This is what I do for most ginger uses here. I just like to still paste it for curries as you get way more flavour out of it.

i think we need a stickied thread for all you lovely recipes GG!

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

i think we need a stickied thread for all you lovely recipes GG!

You mean ... like a book , or something

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Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

You mean ... like a book , or something

Lol...I think I'd be in trouble if my editor knew I kept posting on here, but when one person asks for something, it's so much easier to post it here than send by PM

haha yeah good point Badg :P

[DSGMATT]

Hi GG,

Looking for some advice on how to marinate some chicken - tikka style before adding to a sauce? What would I need? Will have around 5hrs to marinate before cooking. I had thought about cubed chicken on skewers in marinade then grill?

Matt