A Great Way to Eat Turmeric

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A Great Way to Eat Turmeric Tue, Mar 28. 2006

Since turmeric is in the news as a possible preventative/curative for Alzheimer's, I thought I'd share a fun, super-simple recipie that uses a healthy dose of this bright orange-yellow spice.

My family calls it the Malaysian Meal but I'm pretty sure that's a misnomer:
  • Prepare a generous quantity of rice (perhaps 500 mL uncooked for 4 people).
  • In another pan, brown a family-sized portion of ground beef (0.5 kg or so)
  • Add a can of mushroom soup and 2-4 heaping tablespoons of turmeric to the ground beef. It will turn a wild yellow-green colour. Stir well and simmer until the rice is done.
  • Serve the meat mixture over the rice, and top liberally with any combination of peanuts, sunflower seeds, bananna slices, pineapple tidbits, rasins, sweetened coconut, and fine-grated cheddar cheese.

The first time I served this to my family they thought I was crazy. "Green meat? Ewwww! Dad!!". But they love it, and it's become a regular item on the menu -- about once a week these days. And so we go through a couple of big bags of turmeric a year.
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#1 - Seagull 2006-03-30 14:57 - (Reply)

"Mayalsian meal" ? May be you mean "Malaysian meal". Yes, turmeric rice is great! I usually served it with hot and spicy side dish / mixture back when I was still in Malaysia.

:-)

- your INT322 student a couple semesters ago ...

#2 - Chris Tyler 2006-03-30 16:21 - (Reply)

Hi Seagull! Thanks for pointing out the typo.

#3 - Scott 2006-04-22 09:12 - (Reply)

Hey! Stop giving away the family's secret recipes! Tumeric- really? I thought Mom just used curry powder. Maybe we can ask Mom to make some this summer at the cottage.

#4 - cindy matthews 2009-01-19 18:49 - (Reply)

I am a freelance writer. I would like to have permission to use your turmeric recipe in a magazine article I am writing for a magazine called Open (it features holistic articles about health and well-being). Do you consent for me to use parts of the recipe or the entire recipe as it reads in my article? Thank you very much. I cannot pay money for this request.


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