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    How to dry TURMERIC

    Feb 28, 2019 4 minutes

    IT WAS turmeric harvest season in my backyard patch recently, and I dug over six kg of the bright rhizomes. Since then I’ve been turning it into a rich orange, aromatic powder. Here are the steps to follow.

    1. BOILING THE RHIZOMES

    Cleaning:

    Use a scrubbing brush to clean off all the soil and any loose skin from the rhizomes. You will need to separate the rhizome into smaller bits as you scrub. It snaps apart quite easily so it’s not a problem. Breaking it apart will ensure that you remove all the soil that might be hidden in any tight crevices in the rhizomes. that there is

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