Why keep ginger in your kitchen

In my childhood, when I and my little sibling suffered from a chronic cough then our mom sliced some ginger and mix it with a pinch of salt. We chewed it for a few minutes and relief. Trust me, friends. It is a very effective method to treat annoying coughs. My father often suffers from indigestion. He mixes some ginger juice with a cup of warm water and drinks it. Surprisingly relives from disturbing indigestion.

In western countries, people use ginger powder to prepare desserts such as ginger cake, gingerbread, ginger cookies. Ginger candies are available at many super shops also. But if you have some information about the cooking process in Asian parts, especially the South Asian region known as Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan then you will notice that ginger is a mandatory ingredient for their cooking recipes. A major part of their recipes requires ginger. They use it to make their curry to get a gravy texture. Though ginger is a useful property to add extra flavor for baking or gives the gravy texture to your spicy curry, the most magical part is that ginger contains lots of medicinal agents. If you take a limited amount of ginger every day you can get rid of many unwanted diseases in a natural way. Because of its availability and low cost, if you wish to take it regularly then you should keep some ginger in your kitchen. Today I will share with you why to keep ginger in your kitchen.

Benefits of ginger:

• By taking ginger you can get relief from arthritic pain.

• Ginger can prevent you from motion sickness. So when you go for a long journey then keep a little chunk of dried raw ginger. It can stop vomiting.

• It also promotes menstruation discomfort.

• Ginger helps for better digestion.

• Ginger significantly reduces the symptoms of nausea. It may be the most effective when it comes to pregnancy-related nausea.

• Ginger contains antioxidant properties. So it can minimize the fine line and free radical damage to your body.

• Ginger can help to improve the metabolism rate, so it helps your weight loss.

• If you wish to get rid of the cough, you can chew some dried ginger. Regular intake of ginger promotes the release of mucus.

How to use ginger in your cooking recipes:

• Start your morning with ginger-lemon or ginger-honey warm water. So you can enhance energy as well as enhance your beauty to start your day. You feel fresh for the entire day.

• After your lunch, you may drink a cup of ginger tea. Not only after your lunch you can consume ginger tea anytime to get a release from indigestion and uncertain inflammation.

• If you add your snack or dessert which mixes ginger such as ginger cake, gingerbread, or ginger cookies you will enjoy the extra taste. So when you bake something, you may add some ginger powder or ginger juice.

• When you cook curry such as fish, meat or vegetables then add some ginger paste or powder. It gives an amazing taste to your curry and you will get a nice gravy texture.

• When you serve homemade smoothies to your guest then you can add some ginger powder. So your smoothie gets a different touch.

So, friends, I think you have already understood the beneficial purposes of the regular use of ginger. When you buy ginger from the grocery you should choose to buy fresh ginger. You can store it in a cool place or in the refrigerator.

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Shammi Akhtar

Cooking expert and Herbalist