Galangal root is a spice native to Southern Asia. It’s closely related to ginger and turmeric and has been used in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine for centuries The word galangal ...

Galangal is rich in quercetin, a flavonoid (plant pigment) that may lower your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. It is also rich in gallic acid—an antioxidant that ...

It's Chinese galangal, also known as Alpinia officinarum, and often called "wild cardamom." What should you know about it? If ...

Your guide to these distinctly zesty spices. It's easy to get confused — galangal and ginger look almost identical, they both start with a "g", and galangal is even referred to as Thai ginger.

I enjoy reading author Su-Mei Yu because she writes things like, “The perfume released from galangal reminds me of the warm and fresh scent in the air after a heavy downpour of monsoon.” ...

Galangal, a herb like ginger and turmeric belongs to the rhizome family. It is also known as ‘Siamese ginger’ and is commonly used in Southeast Asian cuisine, especially Thai. The name ...

This time, it’s off to Southeast Asia and a pungent root called galanga, or galangal. What is it? Galangal is a rhizome in the same family as ginger, which it resembles in appearance and ...

If you've ever shopped for ginger root, chances are you may have almost inadvertently grabbed a similar-looking spice called galangal root. Native to Southeast Asia, galangal root looks so similar ...

Although a cousin to ginger, galangal (ga-LANG-gal) has its own distinct flavor and should not be substituted with ginger, advises cookbook author and food writer Corrine Trang in “Essentials of ...

Called chor muang, this style of dumpling has historically been made for Thai royalty, but here they are on a menu in Mexico City, at the Thai restaurant Galangal, for anyone who orders them.