When we lived in China, spring onions was something that I picked up first. I love that flavor it imparted to dishes,esp, the spring onion soup and of course,I used it as a garnish for most of my dishes. There is a shop at the farmer's market where I used to buy the vegetables and at the beginning I used to buy a big bunch of spring onion on every visit.Later he knew that I was going to buy them ,so started putting the same big bunch into my bag along with the other vegetables,for free! No matter how much I insisted he never took money for that!So the fridge always had a stock of my favorite spring onion.
Then when I came back to India, this was hard to find. I get to see it once in a while at the green grocer and even if its in the fridge it does not have that fresh look for long. And with the frequent and long duration of power cuts, it wilted fast.
Then one day, I was browsing through Wendy's blog and there she had a tutorial for storing spring onions and soon as I found a bunch of these, I knew I had to freeze them.A very simple way to keep the spring onions looking fresh!!!!
1.Wash and pat dry the spring onions. Trim the edges.
2. Take a freezer proof container and measure out the length of the spring onion on the lid.Cut it to that lenght ,i.e. a little shorter than the lid of the container you are going to store it in.
3.Place the cut spring onions in the box[.I used an ice cream container]
4.Store the remaining parts of the spring onion in another box.
If there are any bits and pieces left, chop them up and store
Stack up these boxes in the freezer and use when needed :)
Mine was fresh till the last bit of it got over,which was approximately,40 days,and that too midst all the power cut!!!
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17 comments:
That is a very helpful post!!! One question - when you take them out of the freezer, were they individual stalks or were they all together and you had to thaw them and refreeze them?
Sowmya
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Luv those spring onions to the core..actually it dont be as crispy and tasty as when it is fresh..good tip on storing it for long use
Really handy and definitely very useful tips.
Sowmya, The frozen spring onions did not clump together. I just took out what was needed and let it thaw a bit before using.
Priya,yes it is not crisp as the fresh ones but i did not find any change in taste.The consolation is that I can use this whenever I need instead of waiting for it to appear at the market:)
very useful PJ... when spring onions demand in my place...
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Love the helpful post.
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very useful post..
Thanks I love spring onion and have the same problems with storing it. Will make space for it in the freezer:)
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I never knew this! I avoid buying these because I know they would just wilt away fast before I can think of a way to use them. Will try this method for sure!
very nice post...i liked the details, but with the quality of spring onions i find here...i dbt whether freezing wud help
fantastic idea!I normally chop and then store in the freezer!
Nice and useful post.
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Wonder why I never thought of this!..always in search of these at the wrong time..so next time I will not have this problem!..thanks PJ
wow!!That is a very useful info!!!Now i know how to save them !!
Awesome post regarding onion.. very useful
useful info!
You can also plant the roots, in a pot or the garden.
I have seen this on many sites, here is one randomly chosen
http://www.fusianliving.com/2010/12/how-to-grow-salad-onions-scallions.html
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