Turmeric is certainly the easiest spice to use every day.

Did you know that this spice is part of the same family as Ginger and Zingiberaceae.

It's a powerful dye, you touch it, it colors your skin. So in food, it gives this magnificent yellow color. This is why it is nicknamed the golden spice.

This spice will perfectly color your rice, mayonnaises, scrambled eggs, sauces, creams, cheeses, potatoes, lentils and even pasta.

We also like to use it to make delicious vinaigrette and mixed salads with its delicious notes.

Actually in Reunion, we will put it everywhere in all dishes.

In Mauritius it is called ocean saffron (which we nicknamed in our provinces, the poor man's saffron). We are going to put it in fish, tomatoes, white meats in the islands of the Indian Ocean;

Turmeric has a warm and sweet aromatic palette at the same time. It is also superb for coloring a dessert, if you do not want to use a yellow coloring, a small pinch and op.

Do not hesitate to put a few spoons in your pancake batter.

In Brazil, we like to mix it with cumin to add it to dishes.

Don't hesitate to discover our special Brazilian cuisine page.

To tell you more about it in India, we are going to put a few pieces of it in black tea, see infusion.

Did you know that there is a golden milk drink to find out more on our blog vanilla and spices.