turmeric paste

Yellow spice mixture

Turmeric paste is ground turmeric mixed with water and often other ingredients like black pepper or oil, used in cooking or applied to skin.

In South Asian cuisines, it forms the base of many curries and marinades.

The paste also appears in traditional medicine and beauty treatments: She applied turmeric paste to her face before the wedding ceremony.

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physical form/texture

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ingredient composition

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turmeric, paste, pastes, pasted, pasting, pasty

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G