I use Turmeric a lot in my curry cooking. Fresh turmeric taste good!

I planted 2 turmerics that I bought at wet market. It has produce beautiful light yellow flower.

I'm not sure the purpose of this flower since it does not have any smell. Never seen any insect on them too! The flower last long! more than 2 weeks!

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The initial turmeric plant grow from the tuber I throw away few years ago. Later the corner was modified to be waste area and I use to burn them. That cause the turmeric plant some heat shock I guess..... It went missing after some times.

After considering amount of pollution I'm creating to mother nature, I close the burning place and planted few plants. That was the time I realize that turmeric is no more to be seen. I bought some tuber form wet market and planted them in a pot. They must be happy growing in the pot. I saw few shoots of turmeric from mother plant.

I will transplant them to the ground this week.

The return of turmeric!

It's been 5 months since the turmeric stop sending the shots! I thought they were gone. It came and take a portion of my garden willingly from the turmeric that i throw away near my waste area.

Last month it started to put a lot of shots again! That's awesome!

Turmeric largely used in Indian cooking. It add flavour and colour to curry. Besides, it's natural powerful healer!

Turmeric

First let me update on roselle seeds, I have few bloggers who request for the Roselle seeds! I will sent them soon! I don't know if US allow seeds postage but i will sent them! ;)

OK back to the topic.

Turmeric either in powder form or the Rhizome form is a must in most of Indian cooking. It's a ancient Ayurvedic herbs used by Indians in many treatment. Other than that Turmeric is considered auspicious and used in every Indian wedding and prayers.

The leaves

The old rhizome

I remember while I was young and naughty, my Mother use to grind the turmeric rhizome for all my bruises and cut. It cure the wound quiet fast!

Knowing the goodness of Turmeric, I welcome this plant in my garden! I have wrote before how I got this plant. Now the whole place have been cleaned for Turmeric healthy growth!

Turmeric flower!

Why does Turmeric plant flowering? It doesn't need pollination for tuber development! May be just for exotic look!

This is my 2nd time seeing my Turmeric flowering!

Tumeric !

I don't remember of planting Tumeric rhizome before....... Did i ? or may be i throw some of the rhizome after my house warming ceremony a year ago and it grow so slowly from that day?

This area of garden receive full sun all the day long and i hardly water this area. Poor Tumeric plant! I should clean this place and provide water for it!

Turmeric have many benefit. It's called "Manjal" in Tamil . Turmeric is used as food additive ( E100), as colouring agent, Indian must have turmeric rhizome in their prayers function as well as wedding and currently in cosmetic industries.

I found some medical benefit of Turmeric from Wikipedia:

 In Ayurvedic practices, turmeric has many medicinal properties and many in South Asia use it as a readily available antiseptic for cuts, burns and bruises. It is also used as an antibacterial agent.

It is taken in some Asian countries as a dietary supplement, which allegedly helps with stomach problems and other ailments. It is popular as a tea in Okinawa, Japan. It's also used as an anti-inflammatory agent, and remedy for gastrointestinal discomfort associated with irritable bowel syndrome, and other digestive disorders. Turmeric is applied to a piece of burnt cloth, and placed over a wound to cleanse and stimulate recovery. Indians, in addition to its Ayurvedic properties, use turmeric in a wide variety of skin creams that are also exported to neighboring countries.

I use turmeric powder in my cooking from curry to sambal! How about you?

At the very corner