Turmeric or yellow ginger (malay = Kunyit)


Turmeric or Kunyit root

Turmeric plant and flowers

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Description of Kunyit

An essential root in Nonya cooking, its flavour and yellow colouring makes dishes distinctive.

Another well-used ingredient belonging to the ginger family that appears in Asian cooking.
For example, "Nasi Kunyit" or yellow coloured and flavoured rice is well known to most people in South-East Asia.

Recipe #3 Ayam/Babi Buah Keluak uses: Kunyit


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