Ginger and turmeric are the major cash crops in North-East (NE) states of India. The quality of ginger/turmeric produced is very good in terms of aroma content and pungency. Open sun drying is generally being practiced, however it takes long time, around 4 to 5 days to dry, which leads to mould growth and contamination of the product. Existing dryers (hot air) also take more than 15 hours for drying. Thus it was highly desirable to develop an improved cabinet dryer, which produces uniform quality product at a faster rate with an optimum cost of production. A batch type cabinet dryer has been developed which consists of fin type electric heater to generate hot air which interacts with the sliced ginger/turmeric placed in perforated trays while moving through the perforations and over the materials in a zigzag route for intense gas solid contact. The developed dryer has found to dry at a faster rate, within 4 to 5 hours, with uniform quality and minimum energy consumption.