Turmeric - Dried And Polished Curcuma Longa Rhizomes | Rich In Antioxidants, Aids Digestion, Enhances Culinary Flavor

Our company is engaged in trading, supplying as well as exporting an extensive range of Turmeric in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the boiled, dried, cleaned and polished rhizomes of Curcuma longa. The plant is a herbaceous perennial, 60-90 cm high. It is a native of India and has always been known to be the Indian saffron. Apart from India, it is cultivated in Pakistan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Korea, China and Central America. In India, it is cultivated in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Although turmeric is powdered and used in India, the East Asians prefer fresh rhizomes.

It is perhaps one of the very few ingredients that form a prominent ingredient in almost all lentils, pulses, vegetables and curries of Indian cuisine. It is believed to aid digestion and also works as an effective disease preventing mechanism inside the body.
Indian varieties

The most popular varieties of turmeric in India are
South Indian varieties

Kasturi
The core of this rhizome variety is pale yellow or white in color. It has a heady fragrance after curing and is often used as a part of beauty treatments

Mundaga
These rhizomes are thick and have many fingers

Balaga
These have fewer number of fingers with thinner corns.

Yalachaga
These rhizomes are characteristically small, but have a large number of fingers;