Green Cuisine – Turmeric (Turmeric Powder) 40g

Turmeric Powder is made from the dried, bulbous roots of a perennial plant indigenous to South East Asia which is related to ginger.

Turmeric has a characteristic brilliant yellow colour and for this is tis widely used in Indian cooking, pickle manufacture and prepared mustard.

It has a mild, aromatic, lemon flavour and features in many Indian and Middle Eastern dishes.

For colouring it is sometimes used as a cheaper alternative to saffron.