HOW TO STORE CORIANDER (CILANTRO)

                   HOW TO STORE

             CORIANDER (CILANTRO)

 

This tip will be useful for people of Indian origin living outside of India and do not have luxury of going to Indian store every day.

·      DO NOT WASH CORIANDER.

·      DO NOT LEAVE IT OUTSIDE FOR LONG TIME ONCE YOU BRING HOME FROM STORE. CORIANDER REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION!!!

·      DO NOT FRIZZ CORIANDER.

It should stay good for 2 WEEKS and even sometime for 3 WEEKS (Trust me on this tip, You will run out of coriander before it will start going bad!!!)

STEP 1:

Use THICK kitchen towel. Thin muslin cloth or cheesecloth does not provide enough protection.

STEP 2:

Trim 1” to 1 ½” dirty ends of each coriander sprigs and discard and remove dull yellow coriander sprigs.

After trimming dirty ends and removing yellow sprigs arrange remaining fresh coriander sprigs on paper napkin.

STEP 3:

Place that paper napkin with coriander sprigs on thick kitchen towel and cover with another paper napkins.

STEP 4:

Start rolling from one end of the towel.

STEP 5:

Put rubber bend on each end of the rolled towel.

STEP 6:

Place rolled towel inside the same plastic bag you got coriander bunch from the grocery store.

STEP 7:

Store in fridge, where you keep all other vegetables.

STEP 8:

Every time you bring coriander out to add in your dish, open towel and remove any yellow or dark coriander sprigs if there are any. This way you will be able to keep rest of coriander fresh for long time.

OR…………………

Trim off dirty ends and place in long glass with water 1-2” high (same as flower bouquet) and keep it on kitchen counter.it should stay good from few days to 1 week only.

YOU CAN ALSO STORE OTHER FRESH GREEN HERBS SIMILAR WAY.

YOU CAN ALSO STORE GREEN CHILIES SIMILAR WAY TOO.

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