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Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Area by Processing of Ginger
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Ginger an Indian spice: Many Indian spices play a significant role in food preparation and act as an important ingredient. Every spice has its own flavour and essence which helps in making that spice unique and thereby delicious dish. Apart from making food tasty, spices also come with notable nutritional values and provide some major health benefits. Spices have a traditional history of use, with strong roles in cultural heritage. Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose.) is one of important commercial spice crop in tropical and subtropical region. The rhizome is used worldwide as spices for flavouring in a number of food-products and also used in medicine. Apart from being a spice in a recipe, ginger can be used as processed products such as ginger Sherbet, candy, pickle, etc. Ginger used in traditional medicine, has been found to possess antioxidant effect that can control the generation of free radicals. The main bioactive components of ginger possess antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory attributes. It is effective for the treatment of inflammation, rheumatism, cold, heat cramps and diabetes. Several studies suggest that ginger may work better than placebo in reducing different health related issues.
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