Tip Tuesday: Crisp Ginger Julienne

I have been thinking of starting a new n fun category on my blog however have been kinda busy with few other things, Now finally decided on "Tip Tuesday" which will be every last Tuesday of the month.
There will be a new tip either on food/home/DIY/Query.

Here's the Tip for this Tuesday: June 2012

                                                                            Ginger Julienne

Ginger Julienne

When we cook something regular/special, there's always two concerns: It should taste good and look equally great. 
To decorate our dishes, we use many different things and one of them is "ginger" which we usually prefer to look crisp and thinly sliced however most of the time we don't know how to slice it so thin without crushing/grating it and also keeping it fresh n crispy. So here's what we need to do:

We Need:

1 Ginger Root

Cutting Board OR A Clean Surface

Vegetable Peeler

Sharp Knife (Big OR Small) OR Kitchen Shears

Bowl filled with chilled water along with 2-3 ice-cubes

How To:

1. Clean the ginger root and peel it into chip like thin shape using a vegetable slicer. 
2. Now stack 4-5 ginger slice and cut them thinly using a knife/Kitchen Shears.
3. Ginger Juliennes are ready.
4. To keep it fresh n crispy for 1-2 hrs, soak them in chilled water bowl and then sprinkle on top of dish for decoration OR use in dish as per recipe.

* These Julienne can be stored in an air tight container or jar in fridge for upto 8days.