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Turmeric-Spiced Dal (Kathy Gunst)
Turmeric with its brilliant golden-yellow color and floral, warming, slightly musky taste is one of the primary flavors in Indian and Southeast Asian cooking. It is what gives curry powder its bright yellow color and has been used as both a spice and a medicinal herb in India for thousands of years.
Recently turmeric has become one of the darlings of the food world. Turmeric tea, turmeric milk, turmeric lattes, smoothies and turmeric-spiced foods of all kinds are featured on menus and in packaged foods.
DJ Rekha, a New York City-based DJ and cultural producer of South Asian descent, recently spoke with me about the spice.