Ever tempted by the advertisement how good a garlic crusher is? Me too. I was so tempted that I nearly bought it. But I am glad I didn’t because that will add up to another kitchen utensil a.k.a. white-elephant-kitchen-cabinet.

I don’t believe in crushing a lot of the garlic together and keep it in the refrigerator — simply because the natural nutrients of garlic will be lost by storing it for days. Fresh garlic should be cooked as soon.

Then finally I realized that it is just so easy to crush garlic: easy and fast, and easy washing too!

What I need are:

  • knife which is about 2-3 inches wide(just pick it from your kitchen) which is the one usually used for chopping
  • normal chopping board
  • Pestle — yes, you name it right, a traditional pestle, but do away with the bulky mortar. Just leave your mortar aside.
  • Cloves of garlic, of course. :)

Method 1: (Knife and chopping board only)

  1. Divide garlic into individual cloves.
  2. Place them on the chopping board.
  3. Place your knife flat so that you can press on the garlic.
  4. You dont have to hit it like the grandmother does, so simply press the flat surface of the knife
  5. And ta-da, the garlic, will be crushed.
  6. Peel off the garlic skin.
  7. Cut the garlic, clove by clove, horizontally, on all, then vertically.
  8. If the garlic are still too thick, cut horizontally once and vertically once again.
  9. Then wash away the residue with running water on the knife and chopping board.

Method 2: (With help of pestle)

  1. Divide garlic into individual cloves.
  2. Place them on the chopping board.
  3. Crushed the garlic with the pestle, make sure this is done on the kitchen surface which is hard (not wood). Crushed once will do.
  4. And ta-da, the garlic, will be crushed.
  5. Peel off the garlic skin.
  6. Cut the garlic, clove by clove, horizontally, on all, then vertically.
  7. If the garlic are still too thick, cut horizontally once and vertically once again.
  8. Then wash away the residue with running water on the pestle, knife and chopping board.

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