Don't Like Raw Turmeric? 5 Interesting Ways You Can Incorporate The Magic Spice In Your Diet

5 Interesting Ways To Include Turmeric In Your Diet

In Indian households, turmeric or haldi powder is a go-to spice to make our dishes tasty and healthy. However, research says that raw turmeric has more advantages over the powder form because of a higher percentage of curcumin. Curcumin is the main component that makes turmeric such a potent spice. But, if you are not fond of consuming raw turmeric, here are 5 interesting ways you can include it in your diet:

1) Turmeric Tea

Make it with ginger, lemon, or any other ingredient, turmeric tea is a healthy addition to your diet if you don't like munching on raw turmeric. To make the golden tea, you need ingredients like ginger, turmeric, ground cinnamon, honey, and lemon wedge. The preparation time is barely 20 minutes, so give it a try.

2) Turmeric Coffee

Turmeric coffee is not only good overall, it is also great for promoting weight loss. That's because this beverage has turmeric's anti-inflammatory and metabolic benefits alongside the appetite-suppressing and energy-boosting effects of coffee. All you need are ground cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, clove, nutmeg, ginger, and your favourite coffee. To make it healthier, you can add protein power, too.

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3) Turmeric Milk

In our country, turmeric milk is consumed when one is down with a cold, cough, and several other ailments. But, this tonic can be had otherwise also. For this, you need full-fat milk, ground turmeric or turmeric paste made of fresh stock, black pepper, and honey/sweetner (optional).

4) Turmeric-Mint Chutney

To make turmeric and mint chutney, village style, you need the two ingredients along with whole cumin (jeera), whole coriander seeds (dhaniya), green chillies, garlic, onion, black salt, and plum jam. The preparation time is under 30 minutes and after you are done, you can store it in a glass bottle.

5) Turmeric Muffins

Turmeric muffin is a unique and yummy way to include the spice in your kid's daily diet. The items needed to make this dish are the usual ones one would need for bakery items: Unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, ground turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, and milk. Meanwhile, sprinkling sugar is optional. The estimated time taken might be around 30 minutes.

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