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Galangal, Malay language lengkuas, Mandarin (linguistics) (Traditional: 南薑/Simplified: 南姜, also termed as: T:高良薑/S:高良姜), Cantonese (linguistics) lam keong (藍薑, also known as blue ginger), is a rhizome with culinary and medicinal uses, best known in the west today for its appearance in Southeast Asia cuisine but also common in recipes from medieval Europe. Though it resembles ginger root in appearance, it tastes little like ginger. In its raw form, galangal has a soapy, earthy aroma and a pine-like flavor with a faint hint of citrus. It is available as a powder from vendors of Oriental spices and is also available whole, cut or powdered from vendors of herbs. A mixture of galangal and lime juice is used as a tonic in parts of Southeast Asia. It is said to have the effect of an aphrodisiac, and act as a stimulant. Galangal is also known as laos (its Indonesian language name), galanggal, and, somewhat confusingly, galingale, which is the name for several unrelated plants of the Cyperus genus of sedges, also with aromatic rhizomes.

The word galangal, or its variant galanga is used as a common name for all members of the genus Alpinia, but in common usage can refer to four plants, all in the Zingiberaceae (ginger family):

Alpinia galanga or greater galangal
Alpinia officinarum or lesser galangal
Kaempferia galanga, also called lesser galangal or sand ginger
Boesenbergia pandurata, also called Chinese ginger or fingerroot

A. galanga is also known as Chewing John, Little John Chew and galanga root. Under these names, it is used in folk medicine and in voodoo charms (see John the Conqueror for related lore).

Galangal oil is also used regularly in various forms of oils for anointing. It is a component of Abramelin oil, a preparation described in the Kabbalah grimoire The Book of Abramelin and adapted by Aleister Crowley and other modern occultists and mystics.

See also

Alpinia galanga
Lesser galangal

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BBC Food's glossary of food terms: 'G' ... Galangal. Galangal is a member of the ginger family. It's widely used in South-east Asian cuisine, particularly Thai cookery; it's an ...

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Galangal Greater : Languas galangal, syn Alpinia galanga Lesser: Languas officinarum, syn Alpina officinarum Kaempferia: Kaempferia galanga, Kaempferia pandurata

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A plant of eastern Asia, having pungent, aromatic rhizomes used as an aromatic stimulant and carminative.?

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Galangal, Thai Ka (ข่า), Malay lengkuas, Mandarin [clarify] (Traditional: 南薑/Simplified: 南姜, also termed as: T:高良薑/S:高良姜), Cantonese lam keong (藍薑 ...

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Another plant in the Zingiberaceae family, galangal, is used for similar purposes as ginger in Thai cuisine. Galangal is also called Thai ginger.

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What is Galangal? It offers many health benefits and is used often in Asian cooking. This article descibes it's history, origin and cooking uses.