Pickled ginger is an essential condiment for any type of sushi and adds to the flavor of sushi. You can pickle ginger at home without much time and effort by following the simple steps below on How To Pickle Ginger For Sushi

Things Required

Fresh Ginger Root (preferably young root)

Rice Vinegar (3 cups)

Sugar (2 cups)

Salt (2 cups)

Method for Pickling Ginger

• Wash the ginger root thoroughly and rub off the skin. You can peel the skin using a vegetable peeler.
• Now cut the ginger into thin slices (1/8inch) using a sharp knife or a mandolin slicer.
• Place the sliced ginger in a bowl and add salt. Let the salt-ginger mixture stand in the bowl for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile in a large pan, boil rice vinegar and sugar. Stir till the sugar dissolves and then remove from the heat.
• Dry the ginger slices with a paper towel and put them in a container/ jar with a lid.
• Pour the hot mixture of rice vinegar and sugar on the ginger slices placed in the container. Screw the lid onto the jar.
• Shake the container and let it cool down.
• If the ginger used is fresh and young it will change the color to pink.
• Place the ginger pickle jar in the refrigerator and enjoy with your favorite sushi.

Pickled ginger stays well for about a month in the refrigerator. Make sure not to use wet spoons/forks to take out pickle from the jar, to keep it from spoiling. Enjoy the home made ginger pickle with sushi, grilled fish, couscous and with sandwiches.

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