What Is Galangal
When buying choose a fresh-looking root with unblemished skin. What is Galangal. Galangal High Res Stock Images Shutterstock While looking for ginger root at the grocery store Daniel Delaney came across this unusual cousin of ginger galangal. What is galangal . It has a similar knobbly appearance and flavour to fresh ginger although it is more pungent and spicier. Also both of them come from the same ginger family. Galangal ˈ ɡ æ l ə ŋ ˌ ɡ æ l is a common name for several tropical rhizomatous spices. The entire plant contains many beneficial properties. The herb is highly aromatic and has mild spicy flavor and it is used extensively in the Indonesian cuisine. Turmeric and cardamom are also considered to be a part of this ginger family. Galangal is also know as Thai ginger or Siamese ginger because it resembles fresh ginger so much but it really is its own ingredient. The word galangal or its variant galanga can refer in common usage to the aromatic rhizome of any ...