How To Make Ginger / Garlic Paste Mix ...A Very Useful Ingredient For Most Preparations And Marinades...

Ginger / Garlic Paste is a very useful ingredient to add to many preparations and marinades because not only they give a beautiful aroma and taste,
but because ginger in itself is a good meat tenderizer. I follow many blogs and choose many useful information to share with all of you. I have taken this particular one from
http://onelifetoeat.com simple Indian cooking  posted by Sabera on January 15th 2012.
The following ingredients and method are self explanatory and do not need photos.
 Your will need:
 -   1lb garlic, peeled
 -   1lb ginger peeled and cut in small pieces.
 -   2 tbsp good quality ove oil, or any vegetable oil
 -   2 tbsp white vinegarli
 -   1/4 tsp salt
Method:
-  Combine all the above ingredients.
-  Blend together until they all form is a well-ground paste.
-  Add 2-3 teaspoons of water if necessary, to loosen the solids in the blender.
-  Store in sterilized glass jar in the fridge. Please check my How To section.
This paste should easily last you a couple months.
Enjoy!
Stelio

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