Do you like ginger? Then prepare it for future use so that you can enjoy it all year round, prepare delicious drinks and add to all kinds of dishes. In this review, you will find out how ginger is useful, you will find a step-by-step recipe with a photo, how to properly dry it and use it. Video recipe.
Today, Japanese and Chinese cuisine is in vogue. Especially every day more and more interest in ginger is manifested and growing. Dried, ground, pickled, candied ginger is a plant that is used in food in different forms, in different recipes for food and drinks. Scientists have long proven the benefits of ginger. Anesthetic, resorption, healing, anti-inflammatory, stimulating, choleretic, tonic, diaphoretic … And this is not a complete list of the healing properties of ginger.
The most unique spice is considered to be dried ginger. In comparison with other types of preparation, it has a much sharper taste and a greater concentration of medicinal properties. In addition, in dried form, it has an important advantage - it does not need additional processing and is stored for a long time. And in terms of aroma and taste, dried ginger is in no way inferior to fresh, but on the contrary, in most cases it replaces it. We will find out in this review how to cook dried ginger in pieces for future use.
See also how to make spiced ginger and honey tea.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 335 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 2-3 hours
Ingredients:
Ginger - any amount
Step by step preparation of dried ginger in pieces, recipe with photo:
1. Peel the ginger, wash and dry with a paper towel.
2. Slice the ginger into thin rings about 3-4 mm thick. Although the degree of chopping is not important, you can chop it in any shape you like.
3. Place the ginger on a baking sheet and place in a preheated oven to 60 degrees for about 2 hours. However, you can dry ginger at room temperature by placing it in the sun in a warm place, or using an electric dryer.
4. Dry the ginger in slices, stirring occasionally and turning to dry evenly on all sides. Put the finished ginger on parchment paper or newspaper and leave to cool. Then fold into a glass container and store at room temperature in a dry place. Also, dried ginger can be ground into powder using a coffee grinder or grinder.
Dried ginger can be used to make tea as it can help you lose weight. In addition, dry ginger root invigorates, invigorates, tones and strengthens the immune system.
See also the video recipe on how to cook dried ginger.