Spice Ginger is one of the most popular in cooking. It is considered a vegetable as its roots are used. People have been using the it for cooking and healing for thousands of years. It is a flowering plant, its whole roots can be used as a spice. Two pictures of ginger shown below one is whole and another is powder with family and botanical name.
Spices Name: Ginger
Family Name: Zingiberaceae
Botanical name: Zingiber Officinale Rosc.
Ginger is a well known spice today. It is available in most of the countries. The essential ginger we get from its plant's root.
Ginger is probably native to Southeastern Asia. Now it is available in most of the countries in the world. It's more cultivating to increase production for its more consumption.
Its plant is small, about three to five feet high. Ginger plant is like a turmeric plant with a soft body and its leaves are green. It is a tropical plant. Planting and growing ginger is simple. It can grow at home also.The spices are grown under soil like potato, turmeric, onion, garlic etc and collected from under soil at the time of harvesting.
Ginger has nutrition value, contains sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium, vitamin , C and B6. It has anti oxidants that prevents stress. Ginger help body from many diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease and diseases of the lungs.
Ginger is one of the most essential spices for use. It is used in curry, salads and soup for better food taste. Also it is used with tea from relief cold problem. It can be used fresh, dried and powdered.