Peel Ginger – That’s How it Works

If you want to peel ginger with a knife or a vegetable peeler, you will find that it is extremely tedious. In this home tip, we show you how to remove the peel from the ginger instead.

This is the best way to proceed when peeling ginger

• If your ginger is fresh, you can scrape it off with a knife. The skin peels off so easily.
• However, a spoon is even better for peeling the tubers. Just gently pull the spoon over the skin, which will easily loosen this way.
• Old ginger is no longer easy to peel. Here you usually have to use the vegetable peeler.

Do you have to peel ginger?

• If you only want to make tea from the ginger or make ginger water, it is sufficient if you carefully wash the ginger.
• Organic ginger in particular contains important nutrients in the peel.
• If you boil the ginger with the peel and make tea, don’t forget to filter off the remains of the skin of the ginger with a sieve.

We also tell you how you can grow ginger yourself.