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 ...

I have been hearing about a root called galangal, similar to ginger root I think. Would you mind telling me how it is pronounced, if it tastes like ginger, if it’s used like ginger and if I can grow ...

Galangal is a member of the ginger family, a fellow rhizome, or underground stem. It goes by other names – Laos ginger, Siamese ginger, Thai ginger, blue ginger, langkawas — and looks and tastes like ...

If you have tasted Thai — tom yum soup, which is a hot and sour soup, green curry or red curry, khao soi gai, which is a northern Thai noodle soup, or a range of stir fries, the aroma of galangal is ...