Omega Turmeric Powder: golden ground turmeric for curries, dals, yellow rice and golden milk. Single 1 kg pack.
Turmeric powder is ground dried turmeric root, with a warm, earthy flavour and strong golden-yellow colour. It is used in almost every Indian curry and dal, in yellow rice, Moroccan tagines, Thai curries, pickles and golden milk. Add it to hot oil with other spices for a few seconds, then continue cooking, as raw turmeric tastes bitter. A little goes a long way, about half a teaspoon for a family curry. Be careful: it stains hands, cloth and plastic. Turmeric, Curcuma longa, is a plant of the ginger family native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and the powder comes from its rhizome. Store it in a closed container away from light, which dulls its golden colour. Mixed with milk and honey, it makes the drink often called golden milk or haldi doodh.
