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countable and uncountable, plural galangals
Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga. quotations examples
The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book.
2008, Carol Selva Rajah, David Thompson, Heavenly Fragrance, page 144
Another time, she dined in Hampstead, where she was fed a version of stargazy pie with a whole squid where the eel should have been. It was flavoured, for the full medieval effect, with galangal, which her hostess described as “kind of like frankincense”.
2023 July 15, Rachel Cooke, “No, Nigella – dinner parties are great. Deliveroo just doesn’t cut it”, in The Observer