KOMPAS.com – There are three basic spices for cooking various dishes, namely white, red, and yellow basic spices.
These spices can be cooked for a practical home supply, you can make soto with yellow spices, balado shrimp using red spices, and white basic spices for stir-fry.
Some things must be considered when making basic spices, one of which should not give too much salt so as not to be salty when processed into cooking.
Check out tips on making the following basic spices, quoted from the book “62 Delicious Cuisine for Daily Menu” (2023) by Diah Didi published by Fmedia.
Also read: How to Make a Basic Yellow Spices Ready to Use for Stock
1. Eliminate the smell of chili
Blansir chili before mashed for red spices so that the scent of the chili is lost. So, even though it is mashed using a blender, the flavor of the seasoning remains good.
If the raw chili is immediately puree with a blender, the aroma of the seasoning will feel dirty even though it has been sauteed.
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2. Choose fresh ingredients
Be sure to choose fresh ingredients to make the basic seasoning so that the seasoning is more durable.
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3. Saute until completely cooked
Saute the basic spices should be about 30 to 45 minutes longer so that the spices are completely cooked.
Saute with low heat and often stirred so that the spices are evenly distributed, the results can be long lasting.
4. Don’t give too much salt
When giving salt to the basic spices should not be much, because it can be added lag when cooking.
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5. Basic Seasoning Color
The color of the results of the basic seasoning, especially red seasoning depends on the type of chili used.
If you use a large red chili the resulting color will be yellowish, while curly chili will produce a bright red color.
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6. Save the basic seasoning
After the cold seasoning store in a closed container in the refrigerator, in a dose of disposable, so as not to be contaminated with air.
7. How to saute for cooking
The basic spices that will be used do not need to be sauteed for too long, just until it melts if it is only removed from the refrigerator and does not need to be added to oil because it is cooked.
