Sushi Ginger Chip

Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale,Website:http://www.wfkyginger.com, consumed as adelicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family (Zingiberaceae). Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal. The distantly related dicots in the Asarum genus have the common name wild ginger because of their similar taste.In India and Pakistan, ginger is called adrak in sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, aad inMaithili, aadi in Bhojpuri, aada in Assamese and Bengali, Adu in Gujarati, Allam inTelugu hashi shunti in injiin Tamil and Malayalam, inguru  inSinhalese, alay in Marathi, and aduwa in Nepali. Fresh sushi ginger chip is one of the main spices used for making pulse and lentil curries and other vegetable preparations. Fresh, as well as dried, ginger is used to spice tea and coffee, especially in winter. Ginger powder is also used in certain food preparations, particularly for pregnant or nursing women, the most popular one being katlu which is a mixture of gum resin, ghee, nuts, and sugar. Ginger is also consumed in candied and pickled form.