Galanga |
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 Galanga: or blue ginger, it is a rhizome with culinary and medicinal uses, cut or powdered.
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Galliano: liqueur made of herbs, roots and spices.
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Garam Masala: blend of dry-roasted ground spices.
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 Garam Masala |
Garbanzo Beans: good source of protein, either dried or canned.
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Gari: thin slice of young ginger marinated inside sugar and vinegar.
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Garnish: substance used as decoration to accompany food or drinks.
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 Garbanzo Beans |
Geta: wooden block used as a plate for food.
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Giblets: edible internal organs of a fowl like heart, gizzard, liver, and viscera.
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Gizzard: muscular stomach found in birds and they are popular food in many places around the world, mostly fried.
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 Giblets |
Glucose: sugar energy source, many crops can be used like maize, rice, wheat, potato, cassava, arrowroot and sago.
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Gluten: amorphous ergastic protein mixed in many cereals, especially wheat, rye, and barley. It is used to give elasticity to kneaded dough.
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Glycemic load: ranking system for carbohydrate content in food portions.
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 Goetta |
Gobo: Long burdock root.
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Goetta: blend of pork, beef, steel-cut oats and seasonings, prepared to be fried.
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Gomashio: natural flavoring made from sesame and salt.
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 Gomashio
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Gourd: dried shell of a fruit used to create bowls or bottles.
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Grana: granum in singular, it is a stack of thylakoids in the chloroplast and it task is to convert solar energy into chemical energy.
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Granola: breakfast or snack food made of nuts, oats, raisins, dried fruit and dates mixed with honey.
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 Gourds |
Grater: kitchen tool used to grate foods into fine strips or powder.
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Green shallots: spring onions.
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Grenadine syrup: red syrup made from pomegranate juice and sugar.
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 Grater |
Grind: to reduce food into small particles.
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Grits: coarsely ground corn passed through screens giving a finer part and a coarser part. This coarser part is called grits.
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Groats: grains of cereals that has been hulled and crushed.
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 Gum Arabic |
Ground beef: or Beef Mince in England. It is beef finely chopped by a meat grinder.
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Guar gum: natural gum extracted from the guar bean and it is used in many food applications.
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Gum Arabic: also a natural gum extracted from both the Acacia senegal and the Acacia seyal. It is used as stabilizer.
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