Turmeric is widely used as a spice in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking. Momos (Nepali meat dumplings), a traditional dish in South Asia, are spiced with turmeric. In South Africa turmeric is traditionally used to give boiled white rice a golden color.
Turmeric also known as
Language | Ingredient Name |
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Bangali | Holud |
Gujarati | Haldhar |
Hindi | Haldi |
Kannada | Anashina |
Kashmiri | Lader |
Malyalam | Manjal |
Marathi | Halad |
Oriya | Haldi |
Tamil | Manjal |
Telugu | Pasupu |