Turmeric or yellow ginger (malay = Kunyit)
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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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