Fresh ginger is a popular ingredient used in Asian foods, Caribbean and Indian cuisines, ice cream, and cookies. It is also used in tea for soothing sore throat. You can buy it from almost every grocery stores. Usually, it is sold in very large portions which are more than your daily needs. Chances are there that you have got more ginger than your weekly needs even. Do not throw your leftover ginger! We will tell you how to store fresh ginger. Keep it fresh and reuse by following the simple suggestions provided in this article.

Ginger is also known as ginger root which is not root at all. It is rhizome of a plant that is called as perennial zingiber plant. It is widely available in North America.

Do you know how to store fresh ginger?  Following are some suggestions for how to store fresh ginger.

Store fresh ginger in the refrigerator. If you have to use fresh ginger in near future, wrap the ginger root in towel, put it in a plastic bag and seal it to avoid moisture to enter the bag. This way, you can keep ginger root fresh for almost three weeks.

If you want to keep it for long, freeze ginger root. Wrap the ginger root in towel, put it in a plastic bag and seal it. . This way, you can keep ginger root fresh for almost three months in the freezer.

You can dry ginger root to preserve it. This dried ginger root is usually used in baking, especially in ginger cookies. To dry ginger root, peel off outer skin of ginger. Grate it or slice it into ¼ inch slices or according to your choice.  Put these slices on cookie sheet. Dry it in dehydrated, cool and dry place for three to five days. Make sure that all the moisture has evaporated from it. After it is dried completely, put this dried ginger in clean, labeled jars or plastic bags. This way you can keep ginger root for up to two years. When you have to use this dried ginger, re-hydrate it by putting it in warm water for around twenty-four hours. Cut and use it where you need. You can even grate the dried ginger directly to flavor the food. 

In many Asian and Indian cuisines, pickled ginger root is used. You can pickle ginger root as well. For that, put it in a bottle of vinegar and put the liquid in refrigerator for two to three weeks. You can keep this ginger pickle in refrigerator for up to an year.     

You have seen that how to store fresh ginger is very easy. Enjoy your food with flavor of ginger.