Saga of the home produced turmeric powder
@allknowing (130154)
India
May 15, 2017 8:25pm CST
The process is pretty long winded - right from the time of planting to getting the powder is not an easy task. But it is all done and the powder is ready.
The raw turmeric when dried shrinks to 1:5 where 5 is the raw turmeric and one the dried turmeric. It has to dry completely so that it can be powdered easily.
Happy with the results.
What home produce do you have?
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
16 May 17
@allknowing
Well, that what it says. Turmeric tea.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
16 May 17
Yes, you are right that it takes time for turmeric to grow and then it takes further time to make it dry. After these processes, we get powdered turmeric. Sometimes we get the dried turmeric powdered through a automatic machine, held by the shopkeeper, otherwise we buy powdered turmeric.
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
I recommend that you buy dry turmeric and powder it at home. The powdered turmeric that one gets in the market cannot be trusted.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
16 May 17
@allknowing Sometimes we buy dry turmeric and make it in powder form in the grinder at our home. However, due to paucity of time, sometimes we get the dry turmeric powdered in the market. You are right that powdered turmeric available in the market may not be of high quality.
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
Sorry to know that turmeric does not agree with you.
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 17
Turmeric is supposed to have so many great health benefits. But I have read so many bad things about premade powders from the store (like having lead in them). So that's great you made your own (and from your own harvest!). I found some raw turmeric in the store for the first time the other week - I wouldn't even know what to do with it!
The only home produce we have for now are lemons, tangelos and oranges. We just pick and use 
.
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 17
@prashu228 Tangelos are a cross between tangerines and grapefruit. It is much more flavorful than a "regular" orange (there is almost never a "bad" tasting tangelo!).
@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
We get turmeric powder in the market and as you said it is not pure. My mother used to buy dry turmeric and grind it with the other masala
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@Letranknight2015 (51537)
• Philippines
16 May 17
Ive never heard or read about this turmeric thing before. what are the vitamin contents?
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
It is more therpeutic than having any vitamins
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
16 May 17
I would just rather buy turmeric powder than make, we also always have turmeric tea powder ready besides the one we use for cooking. Oh home produce, we have a mango, carambola and balimbi tree in the front and back yard.
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
I have all those fruits in my garden and as you know many more. And as for turmeric powder that you get in the market there is no guarantee that it is not adulterated.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
16 May 17
@allknowing we buy our turmeric from a trusted grocery of a mall and we buy the bottled powdered that has a trusted brand like McCormick.
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@averygirl72 (37753)
• Philippines
16 May 17
That's great you can make your own turmeric powder. They say it's healthy
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@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
17 May 17
@allknowing I just bought it, my friend. The turmeric has sugar in it.
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
16 May 17
Wow! That's great @allknowing I'm sure this job must be not easy; but the benefits of turmeric are tremendous. No wonder you call yourself all knowing!!
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
I just haad one one plant from my mother's garden and that plant produced a huge cluster of rhizomes. I separated them and within the next two years I had enough to cover rows of turmeric. I have help around and so that makes it easy.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
16 May 17
Turmeric got so many health benefits in body. We are lucky we can just turmeric from local makers
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
19 May 17
@responsiveme I have never eaten raw turmeric. How does it taste?
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@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
16 May 17
I do not have anything I have grown to talk about at this time. I would say that it is great you grow your own, here in the US they find that much of the turmeric we buy commercially has other things in it that are not really good for us.
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
We too get that stuff in the market and as you said, it is not reliable
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
When there are results I do not mind the work and I get help around
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
After spending our prime life in the city, we settled down in a semi rural town just to be with nature.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
16 May 17
wow ..that's nice. we also prepare turmeric powder at home.Turmeric is grown is our field, i like the smell of turmeric leaves . When ever my uncle comes to our house he brings the raw turmeric, We dry it and make powder.. recently he brought some
@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 May 17
We boil the raw turmeric, slice it thin, dry it and then powder it. How do you do yours?.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
16 May 17
@allknowing we don't boil it., just slice it thin, dry it and then powder.
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