**7.2 Culinary uses**

Garlic, onions and ginger are consumed fresh or dried in form of spice and also as ingredient to flavor various dishes. Tasty spice powders are produced from garlic cloves, ginger and tumeric rhizomes and onion bulbs by drying mainly in the sun. Garlic is also used to cover the odor and flavor of salted meat and fish. Dry root spices in powdered form are used in many homes and restaurants in Nigeria. It is a common seasoning applied to pasta, pizza, and grilled chicken. They are common components of spice mix which are usually seasoned with salt.
