SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Zingiber Officinale Roscoe
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Ginger was one of the man’s earliest medicine, much prescribed for treating stomach distress
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Boiled with water, coffee etc to make it more healthy.
GLOSSARY :
English : Dry Ginger
Tamil : Sukku
Malayalam : Chukku
Telugu : Sonti / Allam
Kannada : Shunti / Ona Soonti
Hindi : Sonth / Sattah / Adrak
Bengali : Sonth / Ada
Gujarati : Adhu
Konkani : Sunt / Soontti
Marathi : Sunt / Suntih
Oriya : Ada
Punjabi : Adarak
Tulu : Shunti / Ona Shunti