Herbs are used almost everyday in our kitchen, thus storing them in a proper way is a must for every person.
Here are a few different ways to do likewise:
Store in Water (or Oil)
First and most just, you can freeze spices in water.
Start by eliminating the thick originates from the spices. Finely cleave your spices and put them in individual ice shape plate, leaving a sufficient space to cover with water. On the off chance that you don’t have ice 3D square plate, you can utilize ziploc packs. Put a serving of spices in every little ziploc. Cover with water by about an inch and freeze – ensure spices are covered and overabundance air is out if utilizing a ziploc. In the event that utilizing ice solid shape plate, when frozen you can pop them out and store in a ziploc pack.
You can do the above technique with oil, yet I lean toward the oil strategy beneath. With this technique, you can add the spices whenever to soups, sauces, dressings, marinades consistently, despite the fact that I would not suggest it for servings of mixed greens or enhancements.
This strategy is best for spices like: parsley, cilantro, mint.
Like the technique above, you will begin by eliminating the thick originates from the spices, and taking the leaves off. As a matter of fact, this can get somewhat dull which is the reason I like to put on my most loved web recording, call a companion, or absorb a couple of seconds of thoughtful quiet. You will need to assemble around 2 cups of spices. You can scale the proportion of olive oil to the measure of spices you have (more olive oil for additional spices, less for less spices).
Add the 2ish cups spices to a food processor or blender like a Vitamix, and puree with about ¼ cup olive oil. You will probably have to scratch down the sides a couple of times before you arrive at a puree consistency. You can add somewhat more olive oil or water to arrive at this puree varying. Spices are then promptly accessible to add to soups and sauces or mix into grains and pastas.
This technique is best for spices like: parsley, cilantro, thyme, oregano.
You probably know this strategy as of now, however it’s significant once more. The additional time forthright you spend preparing these sauces, the simpler your suppers for the week – or month will be.
The greater part of these sauces will last about seven days in the refrigerator, or a couple of months in the cooler.
To wrap things up, the last technique you can convey is drying your spices. Obviously, you can purchase dried spices at the store, and this is the thing that I regularly do however this is a decent strategy to go to on the off chance that you have an overabundance of a spice that you won’t utilize rapidly (and actually more delectable than your common dried spices).
Take about an inch heap of spices – attach with a string or elastic band and hang topsy turvy. They will presumably dry out in about seven days. You can test and check whether the leaves tumble off and disintegrate without any problem. Use as you would any dried spice.