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Ginger Powder – 100% Pure Dried Sonth | PureRoots

Ginger Powder – 100% Pure Dried Sonth | PureRoots

₨ 529

Fresh ginger root, peeled, machine-dried and milled fine. Warm and pungent, with no starch or filler.
PureRoots ginger powder is fresh root, peeled, dried and milled to a fine pale powder. This is sonth — the same thing your grandmother kept in a steel dabba — with nothing added and nothing extended.
Fresh ginger is a nuisance to keep. It dries out on the counter, goes mouldy in a bag, and sprouts if you forget it. A sealed pouch of powder holds the same warmth for a year and needs no grating.

Machine-dried, not sun-dried

Ginger is fibrous and dense, so it dries slowly. Slowly, in the open, means days on a tray — long enough for surface mould to start on a humid night and for dust to work into the cut faces.
A chamber does the same job in hours at even heat. Every slice reaches the same dryness, so the mill produces a consistent grade instead of a mix of powder and stringy fibre.

How to use ginger powder

  • In chai. A quarter teaspoon per cup, added with the tea leaves. No grating, no fibres in the strainer.
  • In kadha. With honey and warm water, the standard winter drink at home.
  • In bakes. Gingerbread, cakes, biscuits — powder is what those recipes are written for.
  • In dry masalas and sweets. Panjiri, ladoos, chutney powders, and any masala you grind at home.

Taste and texture

Warm and dry rather than juicy-hot — drying shifts ginger’s heat from the front of the tongue to the back of the throat, which is why sonth suits tea and bakes better than fresh ginger does. Fine, pale, no fibre.

Ingredients and storage

Ingredients: 100% dried ginger.
Storage: Cool, dry, closed. Keeps its punch well — the least fragile of the range once sealed.
Best before: 12 months from packing.

FAQs

Is this the same as sonth?
Yes. Sonth is simply the Hindi name for dried ginger powder.
How much replaces fresh ginger?
About a quarter teaspoon to a one-inch piece. The character is different, so it is a substitute rather than an exact swap.
Is the root peeled before drying?
Yes. Skin is removed first, which is why the powder is pale rather than grey-brown.
Pack Size

100 g
Ginger Powder – 100% Pure Dried Sonth | PureRoots
Ginger Powder – 100% Pure Dried Sonth | PureRoots
₨ 529