How to Use Turmeric in Recipes

Turmeric has emerged at a powerful healing spice that when used as an herb, spice, tea or supplement provides healing and anti-inflammatory properties. This means that Turmeric is reported to help as natural preventative for any condition that is accelerated by inflammation such as alzheimers, cancer, arthritis and others.

Turmeric originated in India and is recognizeable by its strong yellow color. By incorporating Turmeric into your diet, you can experience the health improvements that this spice provides.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Keep Turmeric readily available.
   
   As you learn to incorporate turmeric into recipes that are already familiar and your go-to favorites it will be easier if you have Turmeric spice visible where you cook. Leave it out on the counter until you have been cooking with it for a few months and have incorporated it into your lifestyle.

2. Add Turmeric to anything yellow or could be yellow
   
   Turmeric is yellow in color and you should beging to incorporate it into anything that you cook that is yellow. Recipes for eggs, egg salad, spice rub for meats and fish, vegatable dips, steamed vegetables, corn dishes and mustard.

3. Use Turmeric in recipes that are not yellow
   
   Counterbalance the Turmeric with red paprika and black pepper. When making tacos or other food that would look funny if they were yellow, just add an equal amount of paprika with the turmeric to counterbalance the yellow color.

4. Learn how to cook indian food
   
   It is simple to make a curry in the blender with two large onions, one 8 oz can of tomatoes, salt, pepper, 1/2 teaspoon curry powder and a teaspoon of turmeric. Use this curry stir fried with meats, potatoes, vegetables to create new recipes. Alter the curry ingredients to adjust the flavor to your likeing.

[whoodo]

on 11/15/2009 Interesting fact and uses for tumeric. I have eaten Indian foods when I travelled extensively for work before I became disabled. I am going to make some curry sauce for rice. Thanks for the tips and medicinal qualities of tumeric.

[poe9368]

on 11/15/2009 Very good information. Very useful