Ginger is sweet heat is indispensable to Indian and Asian cooking, and also serves as the essential ingredient to traditional sweets such as gingersnaps and gingerbread. It is a fibrous root that can be used fresh, crystallized or dried and ground. Ginger can be used as an unexpected addition to chocolate-based desserts, and its warm and woody aroma, with hints of citrus, will lend itself well to saut?ed fish or grilled chicken.