Tips on how to make turmeric powders from garden fresh turmeric🌱

My favorite time of the year autumn🍁time to harvest, season to celebrate to appreciate and show our gratitude towards nature.🍃
Turmeric is always a last thing to harvest in the garden. It takes almost month of November from start to finish.
I already harvested some earlier and made pickles.

I harvested some more to dry and make powder to use in every day cooking.

How to dry turmeric:

First , need to wash good few times , peeled the skins, wash one more time to make sure no dirt remain in it.

After washing and peeling, towel dry so no water remains

Some people boils the turmeric, than sun dries, I don’t like to boil, it’s not necessary as it will loose some nutrition from the turmeric roots, plus it will boil and cook when you use in cooking,

So no need to boil or cook twice, doesn’t make sense in my opinion.

Ok now slice all the turmeric, small pieces is better so will dry faster.

Spread all the turmeric in trays with clothes or paper towels in sunny spots

I dried mine in my front porch

Turn it upside down everyday, until it dries completely.

In summertime , or after summer depending on your climate,turmeric should be completely dried and ready to process to make powder.

It took three days to dry completely, thanks to Georgia weather, extremely hot here in south.

How to make turmeric powder
You can make powder two ways

Using coffee grinder

Using blender

1 : using coffee grinder

coffee grinder is easiest way to make power

it works perfectly grinds so quickly, try few at a time.

if you want fine powder, use sifter couple of times

Your turmeric power should be ready to use.

2 : how to make turmeric power using blender

You can also use blender, in that recipe

You wash, clean and towel dry turmeric, make small pieces and grind few at a time at a time

that will give tiny pieces of turmerics, which you put it out in sun to dry again

When that dries,

you grind again that should give you powder like consistency, leave it out on counter, in case any moisture remains in it

Next day or whenever you have time, you grind one more time,you will get your turmeric power ready to sieve to get fine power of turmeric.

You have your home made turmeric powder ready to use in cooking, smoothies, tea,turmeric milk or just add in your favorite juice.

Nothing like garden fresh dried turmeric. 🌱

Whole kitchen is full of pure turmeric smell, color also very vibrant than commercial store bought package turmeric powder,.

since it’s pure and highly concentrated in flavor and nutrition you only need pinch or two in cooking.🌱
Happy and excited to see the finished product 🙂

I still can’t believe I made my own turmeric powder 🙂
Just amazed, excited and happily content with the finished product,.

do appreciate the gift of nature🌱

Hope you like the two method I used to make powder.

You can also freeze your turmerics

For more about turmerics

How to freeze

How to use

Recipes for turmeric pickles

Turmeric tea

Turmeric milk

And more alread posted here on this website if interested

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