Ginger has a pungent-lemony, warm-sweet flavour. It’s a warming
spice. In the middle ages, ginger was valued on par with black pepper. A pound of it was
worth the price of a sheep.
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India is the world’s largest ginger producer. The finest quality ginger - Cochin
ginger and Calicut ginger - comes from Kerala. |
| Botanical name |
Family name |
Commercial part |
| Zingiber officinale Roscoe |
Zingiberaceae |
The rhizome |
Almost all Indian curry recipes include ginger. The traditional method is to chop ginger
finely and fry it along with onions.
Ginger was one of the man’s earliest medicine, much prescribed for treating stomach
distress.
Check out ginger in EVEREST Tea Masala. |
