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 Kerala
India Vacations offers online information on ginger, a popular
flavoring agent that can be eaten raw and is cooked in various ways to
add taste and flavor to dishes. Explore the varieties of ginger plants
that are grown in the large Kerala ginger plantations with Kerala India
Vacations.
The botanical binomial nomenclature for the ginger plant is
Zingiber Officianale and it is basically an underground stem. The part
of the ginger plant that is visible above ground consists of the stem
and leaves..
Varieties such as "Calicut Ginger" and "Cochin Ginger" grown in Kerala,
South India, are famous all over the world for their special and unique
flavors. Ginger is available in various forms such as stem ginger,
whole fresh roots, whole raw roots, powdered ginger, dried roots and
crystallized ginger.
The warm, sweet and fiery flavor of ginger adds a special taste to
beverages such as tea, beer and wine.
Ginger is known for its medicinal qualities and is commonly used for
treating mild coughs and cold. Ginger's diaphoretic quality makes it a
popular ingredient in many medicines. Ginger grows well in a tropical
climate and needs a combination of heavy rains and a hot-dry spell,
thus Kerala naturally is the right place to grow ginger in large
quantities.
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