Sauth (Ginger Powder) – Stone Ground Ingmákhir from Meghalaya | 50 g

Where it comes from

• Ingmákhir is a Khasi ginger landrace grown in Meghalaya
• Smaller, more fibrous and considerably more pungent than the big commercial rhizome
• Grown at altitude on hill slopes, mostly by smallholders

How it’s made

• Stone-ground at low RPM, because dried ginger is hard and hard material is where fast mills generate the most heat

What’s not in it

• No wheat or rice flour

How to use it

• Kadha — quarter teaspoon with tulsi, kali mirch and a little gud
• Masala chai — with elaichi and laung, in with the tea leaves
• Cooking — gravies where fresh ginger would go watery
• Panjiri and laddu