Dear Eric: Can you tell me the difference between galangal and ginger? Jen This question was posed not long after I published a recipe for Thai-style curry. This question was posed not long after I ...

It's hard to imagine the popular tom kha gai (Thai chicken soup) without a few cheeky slices of galangal floating in the bowl to give it that characteristic tang. You may see galangal labelled Thai ...

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. They're ...

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 in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Upon first glance, galangal and ginger may appear strikingly similar, both displaying a knob-like, tuberous root structure, a brownish skin, ...

How many of us, while slurping down a bowl of Asian soup, have noticed a tasty-looking brownish disc, about the size of a quarter, bitten into it, and discovered it to be so woody that you couldn't ...

With its gnarled body, fibrous, greenish-pink shoots and coarse, reddish-brown skin, galangal ranks high on my list of peculiar-looking ingredients. Thanks to its sweetly tart and peppery flavor, its ...

One of my favorite pastimes is wandering through the aisles of a supermarket in another country or an ethnic market closer to home, perusing the interesting packaging and unfamiliar ingredients. What ...

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 galangal is ...

Ginger and galangal pair well with the sweet honey notes in the Jun. They can boost circulation and heat the body, calm nausea and aid in digestion. These two rhizomes complement each other well in ...