Savera Mango Ginger, botanical name Curcuma
amada, is an herb belonging to the ginger family
Zingiberaceae and is closely related to Turmeric.
It’s also known as Ambe Halad, Aam Haldi, Mavina
Shunti, Mangayinji.
It looks like ginger but has a raw mango taste and
is pale yellow inside and lighter colour outside.
When crushed it gives sweet smell of unripe
mango. The flavour is predominantly ginger with a
delightful faint aroma and taste of mango.
However, the taste is not as sharp as ginger.
Savera mango ginger can be used in culinary preparations like pickles, chutney, preserves, candy,
sauce, salad, dal, etc. It is an appetizer, alexiteric, antipyretic, aphrodisiac, diuretic, emollient,
expectorant and laxative and is used to cure biliousness, itching, skin diseases, bronchitis, asthma,
hiccough and inflammation. It is also considered as a free radical quencher and has antioxidant,
antibacterial and antifungal activity.
Savera Mango Ginger is available as raw (only seasonally between December to March) or as
powdered dry mango ginger, available round the year till our stocks last.