1. A plant of the sedge family with aromatic rhizomes, native to Asia and used in cooking and traditional medicine.
Usage: Also spelled galangal or galangale; The rhizome is the part typically used
2. The pungent, aromatic rhizome of this plant, used as a spice in Asian cuisine and herbal remedies.
Usage: Culinary and medicinal use

Examples

• Galingale is a key ingredient in Thai and Indonesian cooking.
• The dried galingale rhizome has a warm, slightly citrusy flavor.
• Medieval European herbalists valued galingale for its supposed medicinal properties.
• Fresh galingale can be sliced and added to soups and curries.
• Galingale was traded along ancient spice routes between Asia and Europe.