As far as i know, there are the different types of ginger can be found in markets
1. Bentong ginger - grown in the hillside land in Pahang. 1kg RM20-RM27. I found this in Raja Uda, Butterworth, morning market. The ginger is really spicy. The ginger with lighter color is the top quality Bentong ginger (RM27 per kg) grown in the higher altitude compared to the darker ginger inside the box according to the seller. It is sold in one whole piece.
2. Ayer Itam ginger - grown in the hillside in Ayer Itam, Penang. This type of ginger very common in the markets in Penang. 1kg RM10. From Chowrasta Market in Penang.
3. Thailand ginger
4. China ginger
Ginger is commonly used among Chinese in cooking and has various benefits:
1. Get rid of excess wind inside stomach
2. Slow down or prevent growth of cancer cell
3. Effective to treat motion sickness
4. Anti-inflamatory agent
and the following:
Tips: No need to remove the skin of ginger when cooking as the skin has cooling effect to balance the heating effect of ginger itself. Wash the skin clean is enough. Best time to take ginger is morning.
Ginger with good quality:
1. strong ginger smell
2. more spicy
3. thinner skin. Can use finger to rub off the ginger skin when washing.
4. less fibre
5. can last long and retain water inside for a month
Why local ginger?
I do not want to take risk with china ginger due to the fact knowing the farmers always overuse illegal pesticides and the land are highly contaminated. So i am ok with any local ginger.
Ginger farmers using toxic pesticide
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1231442/shandong-farmers-overusing-toxic-pesticide-ginger-report-finds
And this issue is not just recently found but also happened back in 2007.
Latest China Scare: Don't Eat the Ginger
http://www.wnd.com/2007/07/42816/
Aldicarb - branded in China as Shennongdan - is a highly poisonous carbamate pesticide that the Ministry of Agriculture says can be only used on cotton, tobacco, peanuts, roses and sweet potatoes, albeit under strict controls.
References:
http://www.bentongginger.com/products.html
http://bentong-ginger.blogspot.com/
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