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Turmeric is an essential component of curry blends.
This gives the curry its typical yellow color.
Turmeric has a very mild taste of its own, and is therefore used in Europe mainly because of its strong color.
Turmeric is mainly used in Indian, Arabic and Asian cuisine.
Turmeric is an essential component of curry blends.
This gives the curry its typical yellow color.
Turmeric has a very mild taste of its own, and is therefore used in Europe mainly because of its strong color.
Turmeric is mainly used in Indian, Arabic and Asian cuisine.
It also finds a role in the food industry as a dye.
Turmeric is extracted from the rootstock of a ginger plant.
Freshly grated, it tastes slightly burning and resinous of ginger and lemon.
Dried, it develops a slightly bitter earthy, woody aroma with a slight citrus note.
In the traditional Indian healing art Ayurveda, it is counted among the "hot" spices, which are said to have a cleansing and energizing effect.
Today, India is the world's largest growing country and consumes around 80% of the world's harvest.
Due to its yellow color, it is mainly used for coloring.
Since it is much cheaper, it is so often used as a saffron substitute.
100 g
1191.7 kJ
282.4 kCal
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0.3 g
0.1 g
51 g
2.7 g
9.1 g