How to Store Green Chillies in Freezer
The best way to store green chillies for months is by freezing them. You can either freeze them whole or make green chilli paste and freeze the paste. Either way you should first, de-stem the green chillies, wash them, and then dry them completely. And ideally not use bruised chillies for freezing. Those are best used as soon as possible.
Freezing Green Chillies Whole
Some prefer to only freeze green chillies whole, while some prefer to make a paste of all the green chillies and freeze it. I like to have both on hand. So I can use them as needed – whole chillies for tadkas etc, and the green chilli paste for things like curries. Steps to freeze whole chillies
How to Preserve Green Chillies Paste
Even though I freeze whole green chillies as well, it’s the chilli paste that I seem to need more often, on a daily basis actually. So I usually make a bigger batch of that. Which is easy enough to do, because all you need to do is to make a paste, mix in salt, and freeze in portions of your choice. Steps to freeze green chilli paste
How to Thaw Frozen Green Chillies
You can either thaw the green chillies in the fridge or on the counter top. Though with whole green chillies, I’d say don’t thaw them in the fridge.Just take out as many whole chillies as you need to use, and run it under cold water to thaw it and use immediately, or thaw it on the counter top at room temperature for a few minutes. The green chilli paste can be thawed in the fridge. Take out as many chilli paste chunks as you think you’d need over the next few days or the week, and place them in a glass container in the fridge.You can also thaw the chilli paste chunks on the counter top, but they can take 15-20 mins to thaw, so take them out a little ahead of time.
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How to Store Green Chillies for Months by Freezing Fresh Green Chillies Whole and Preserving Green Chillies Paste
