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Fingerroot - Definition and Overview |
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Fingerroot or Chinese ginger (Boesenbergia rotunda [1] (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=506504)), family Zingiberaceae, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia. In Thai cooking it is called krachai. It is sometimes confused with lesser galangal (Alpinia officinarum), also in the Zingiberaceae.
It has also been listed as Boesenbergia pandurata or Kaempferia pandurata.
External link
Gernot Katzer's spice dictionary - Fingerroot (http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/Boes_pan.html)
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Example Usage of Fingerroot |
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koppunmaak: 今日の食材: กระชาย(グラチャーイ) Fingerroot, Chinese ginger = 中国では漢方だが、タイでは辛味と香りを料理に活かす。肉や魚の臭み消しとしてスープや炒め物などに。カーと間違われやすい。http://tweetphoto.com/5746934 |
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koppunmaak: Today's Food: กระชาย(krachai) Fingerroot, Chinese ginger =medicinal herb, but Thai use as culinaly herb. http://tweetphoto.com/5746934 |
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