HOMEMADE GINGER EXTRACT
A spicy punchy concentrate made of fresh ginger peels/ginger, water and any sweetener of your choice. A perfect handy extract to use in teas, decoctions, juice which adds a nice spicy zing to the drinks.
Equipment
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 cup Ginger peels
- 2 tbsp Ginger freshly grated
- ¾ cup Palm jaggery
- 2½ cups Water
Instructions
- Wash the ginger root before peeling under running water until you see all the dirt has been removed and clear water running under.
- Peel the ginger root and keep aside.
- Now heat a saucepan and add 2 cups of water and let it come to a rolling boil.
- Add the peels to the boiling water and lower the flame and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and let the juices of peels get infused in the water overnight or for at least 6 hours.(This helps extracting the maximum flavor from the peels)
- In the morning soak the jaggery/sugar in ½ cup of water and let it dissolve completely.
- Now turn on the heat for the saucepan, add 2 tbsps of freshly grated ginger again and bring it to a rolling boil.
- Now add in soaked jaggery/sugar water and let the mixture reduce by 40% to make a strong concentrate.
- Turn off the heat now and let it come down to a room temperature.
- Later sieve the mixture and transfer it to a glass jar, refrigerate and use up to 2 weeks for maximum freshness.
Notes
- As I had huge amount of ginger peels, so in order to put them to good use I made an extract with it instead of using fresh ginger root.
- If you want to use the fresh ginger root, use 6 tbsps of freshly grated ginger root to make the ginger extract and use the same procedure as stated above.
- You can also add turmeric, peppercorns, fennel seeds to make a healthy elixir which helps in ailing cold, cough and relieving headache and many other minor ailments.