The winter season is going on. People often drink a lot of tea in the cold season. At the same time, many people also add ginger to tea to enhance its taste. After adding ginger, tea tastes very good. If you are also drinking tea mixed with ginger, then this news is especially for you. These days fake ginger is being sold a lot in the market. If you are also consuming this fake ginger, then you may have many health related problems. Harmful chemicals are mixed in these ginger, which can cause many serious diseases. In this episode, today in this news, we are going to tell you about some special methods, with the help of which you can identify between real and fake ginger in the market.
Whenever you are going to buy ginger in the market, during that time you have to take a piece of ginger and smell it. The smell of real ginger available in the market is very pungent and strong. On the other hand, fake ginger does not have any smell.
You can also identify ginger by its peel. While peeling real ginger, it will stick to the hands. If the ginger is hard and difficult to peel, then it is a big sign that it is fake.
You should never buy such ginger from the market which looks very clean and shiny. Many times ginger is washed with the help of acid or detergent which makes it shiny.
You can also identify ginger by pricking the nail. In this, you have to prick the ginger with the nail. After pricking the nail, if the peel comes off easily and a pungent smell comes from it, then it is real. On the other hand, if the peel is hard, then there is a big possibility that it is fake.
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