Quick Recipes Post 1

Ok guys! I will post every Thursday (sooner if you guys want me to) But do try my suggestions, and give me your input. I am putting a cookbook together for the busy Indian Cook. So I am practicing on all of you. :)

Let me first start you all off with some tips. Things you should do on a weekend where you have some time. One day of this preparation will speed up your cooking for many days/weeks.

Now here I am making some assumptions. Assumptions such as your family size, how often you cook, how often you have dinner parties etc. So this part of the post adjust/change to suit your needs.

My family is 4 adults and I have dinner parties quiet often.

1. Onion Masala: Soak about 15-20lbs of onions in cold water for about 1/2 hour to an hour. Peel the onions roughly chop into 8-10 pieces. Using a food processor, chop them to a semi fine paste. In a foil disposable pan bake the onion mixture in the oven at 400 degrees until medium brown. Let the mixture cool and package them in small zip lock bags. Sandwich size is best. This will make little packets that you can use for say one meal.

2. Garlic & Ginger Paste: peel and grate garlic 10-15 bulbs and ginger 1 lb. in the food processor, seperately. At the dollar store they have ice cube trays. Small size ice cube trays. Freeze the garlic and ginger in these small ice cube trays, put them in the zip lock bags once frozen. They will be in a form where you can just pull one piece out as you need.

3. Cilantro: The day you buy Cilantro, chop it without washing it and put in ziplock bag with 2 pieces of paper towel. the paper towel will absorb the water keep the cilantro fresh , when you are ready to use it just give it a quick wash and you have ready to go Cilantro. If you buy a large amount say on sale it can be frozen as well and will stay fresh.

4. Meat: The day you purchase your meat. Dont just come home an d dump it in the freezer. divide it up in the portions you are likely to use and put them in zip lock bags. when you leave for work in the morning take one bag out put it in the refrigerator. It will defrost a bit by the time you come home from work. I buy large amounts of chicken breasts for instance and ziplock 1 breast in each bag. Do the same for ground meat, lamb, fish divide and freeze in the portion you need.

Good luck!

And to let me hear from you. I want to know am I really helping or just wasting your time.

You can always email me at nisha@divepalz.com if you have any specific questions.

Next time we shall tackel dry masalas.

Nisha

nice post... thnx & wait for ur next post...

Thanks Nisha.....
Waiting for your quick vegetarian recipes:-)

Great ideas. Will try them out!

One question? Can I freeze ginger and garlic in icecube trays without adding any water?

wwoow i got my pprint of this article 😊

frisky2d!!

Yes absolutely you can freeze without water. I prefer that you grind this in the food processor and not a blender so you don't have to add any water. So when you use them it wont be diluted. But only feeze in ice cube trays for a day and then take it out and put in zip lock bags so that the freeze doesnt smell of garlic and onion.

Hope I am making sense here. And I hope I am helping.

Nisha

Thanks. That makes sense. I am watchin out for your other posts. Which brand of food processor do you use
?