Are we eating fake ginger?

S Venkateshwari
Are we eating fake ginger? 


Ginger will be found in almost every Indian's kitchen. Be it the winter season or the summer, it is used in every house. It not only enhances the taste of food, but also it is used to keep away all kinds of diseases. ginger is very beneficial for health, but now fake ginger is being sold indiscriminately in the market. 

In such a situation, if you are going to buy ginger from the market, then be careful because in the market the root of the hill tree is being sold as raw ginger in the name of ginger. In the market, shopkeepers are selling it in the form of dry ginger. In such a situation, it has become very important to identify real and fake ginger.

How to identify Fake Ginger?

Nowadays, two types of ginger are being sold in the market, one is hill root and the other is real ginger. This hill root looks exactly like ginger but it has neither ginger properties nor any taste. Due to its consumption, you may have to data-face many diseases. You can identify real ginger only by its scent. If you scratch real ginger with a nail, then its fragrance will remain in your hands for a long time.

Keep These Things in Mind

If you see ginger without soil in the market, then avoid buying it because acid is being used to clean this ginger. Consuming this type of ginger can harm your health.

How to identify?

You can identify real ginger only by its scent. In such a situation, to identify the real and fake ginger, smell the ginger and try it. If ginger does not smell, it may be fake.

Ginger is grown underground. Because of this, the soil gets stuck somewhere in the ginger. In such a situation, if the ginger looks very clean, there is no trace of soil on it and there is no smell, then it is definitely fake ginger.

To identify ginger, break it at the shop itself and see if fibers are not found inside it, then it is fake ginger. The fibers are visible inside the real ginger.

Along with being healthy, ginger also enhances the taste of food items. In such a situation, before buying ginger, taste it and see it, the taste of real ginger will be recognized.

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