Garlic paste is an essential kitchen staple that is used to flavour a variety of dishes. With its intense flavour and strong aroma, garlic paste is used in almost every meal .
Peeling garlic and making a paste out of it every time while making something is a tedious task and requires a lot of time as well.
It is ideal to make garlic paste in advance and store it for later usage. If you are a garlic lover, then here are three ways to make garlic paste at home.
1. Microwave method
- Take one whole garlic and cut it in a way that ¼ part of garlic head is removed and the cloves get exposed.
- Remove all the excess layers and peels of the garlic.
- Place the whole garlic in a small bowl.
- Drizzle it with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add 2 tablespoons of water to the bowl and cover it properly with a cling film.
- Place the bowl in the microwave for 8 minutes.
- Once roasted taken out the bowl from the microwave and let it cool down a bit.
- Squeeze out the garlic paste into a bowl and mash it well using a fork.
- Store the paste in an airtight container in the fridge.
2. Soaking method
- If you often face trouble while peeling garlic, this trick is ideal for you.
- Roughly separate all the cloves from the whole garlic bulb.
- Fill a bowl with warm water and dip the cloves in it.
- Let the cloves stay soaked in warm water for at least 2 hours.
- Now just peel the garlic cloves and you will notice that the skin will come off easily.
- Trim the edges of the cloves and add all the cloves to a blender.
- Blend well to form a paste.
- Store the garlic paste in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
3. Crush and Shake method
- Take garlic cloves of 2 garlic bulbs and place them on a chopping board.
- Now use your palm to gently press the cloves.
- You need to exert just enough force to loosen the peel.
- Transfer all the garlic cloves to a jar and close it with a lid.
- Now shake the jar very well for 1-2 minutes.
- This will separate the peel from the cloves within minutes.
- Add all the peeled cloves to a blender along with 2 pinches of salt and 2 tablespoons of oil.
- Blend to form a smooth paste.
- Transfer the paste to a jar and store it in the fridge. Both salt and oil will act as preserving agents.
