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Until I read Mac's post about the tumeric root she recently bought, I had never really considered where tumeric powder came from. I don't think that had I turned my brain over to pondering the question I would have necessarily landed on a root as the correct answer. I think I would have assumed some sort of ground seed. It's amazing what you can learn from blogs.
My previous ignorance aside, Mac is now looking for ways to use this stash of tumeric root. Any of you in-the-know foodies have recommendations for her? Other than peeling, drying and grinding it for homemade powder, how else to you use this vibrant yellow root?
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9-05-2007 @9:10PM Stephen said... I imagine you would grate or chop it finely, and replace the dried version in recipes, such as you can with ginger, it's part of the ginger family. if drying it, I believe you have to boil it then bake it in a hot oven till dry.
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9-05-2007 @10:15PM Nivedita said... I know of other Indians who pickle fresh turmeric root. I imagine it could go either way - like Punjabi vegetable pickles made with carrots and cauliflower that have a shorter shelf life, or like other super pungent Indian pickles that last over a year in a cool cupboard. I got quite a few hits just googling "fresh turmeric pickle". Perhaps a chutney too?
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9-06-2007 @12:00AM nb said... you can pickle it in lime juice and little vinegar plus salt.
Makes for a a zesty pickle - almost like the ginger you get at a sushi place.
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9-06-2007 @12:20AM Luis Antono said... So that's what it's called? I once got this from the supermarket (they called it saffron root) and as I recall I grated some on to a vegetable stir fry and... maybe I'd use it to season some potatoes (mashed or cubed and sauteéd).
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9-06-2007 @5:31PM vee said... What a coincidence! You can also sow the roots to get the turmeric plant aand then use the leaves for something like
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9-06-2007 @11:56AM Schlake said... I hated tumeric up until the day I made a recipe that called for fresh tumeric and didn't seem like an ingredient that I could leave out.
Grate it with a microplane or on a ginger grater and use it like it was terrible dried stuff.
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9-06-2007 @1:08PM LeisureGuy said... It wasn't until last night that I had the thought of using it like fresh ginger---and I see that the first commenter beat me to it. I love the pickling idea.
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9-06-2007 @5:33PM Vee said... this.
http://keeptrying.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/the-patholi-pictorial/
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9-07-2007 @11:50AM Stephen said... mm, you know pickled tumeric, with fresh tuna sashimi (spelling), & wasabi I imagine an awsome combo, am going to have to try!!!!
feel foolish for forgetting the leaves!!!, as a above post, a nice fleshy white fish, coconut, chilli , shallots/spring onions & garli wrapped in the leaf and steam, or put on the BBQ perfection!!
I'll have to get to the indian markets and get some fresh root to pickle
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9-10-2007 @7:18AM Stephen said... just as a side note, I pulled out my "complete book of herbs and spices" 1978 edition ( my birth year ) by claire loewenfeld & Philippa Back...
"Medicinally turmeric is not now used in the West, but in India and other Asian countries it is taken boilef with milk and sugar for a cold and as a remedy for flatulence and liver complaints. In China it is used against haemorrhages. The wonderful yellow die that turmeric yields is widely used in both India and China for colouring silks and cottons, and is mixed with alum to produce a fast colour"
(from the 2nd half of USES in the TURMERIC section)
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9-11-2007 @5:37PM Potter Dee said... I've been growing a piece of my last batch if turmeric rhizome (not actually roots, but underground stems, like ginger ((which I also started growing)) ) toss in some wet sandy soil and it grows quickly produces lovely large leaves. Link to growing instructions. I'm treating my ginger the same way.
Oh you can also chew on the rhizome and make your mouth a freaky bright colour yellow if you find that kind of thing attractive. Frankly I feel that raw snacking is the best way to go on the turmeric, it's everything a carrot always wanted to be but failed at.
Love.
Potter.
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