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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

23 Turmeric Recipes From 12 Cuisines.

The root that colors half the curries on earth a deep yellow-orange. Its flavor is earthy and slightly bitter rather than hot, and it needs frying in fat at the start of a dish to lose its raw dustiness. Too much makes food taste medicinal, so it is measured in small spoons even where it defines the color. It stains hands, cloth and plastic permanently. Fresh root is milder, brighter and worth using when you can find it.

23 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Bowl of yellow spiced pickled vegetables — carrot, cucumber and cabbage batons — dusted with ground peanuts and sesame

Malaysia13 hr 15 min

Acar Awak

Nyonya Spiced Pickled Vegetables

Bowl of Nepali aloo tama curry with potato chunks, bamboo shoot strands and black-eyed peas in yellow broth

Nepal1 hr 5 min

Aloo Tama

Nepali Potato and Bamboo Shoot Curry

Steamed Khmer fish amok set in a banana leaf cup, topped with coconut cream, shredded lime leaf and red chile

Cambodia55 min

Amok Trey

Khmer Steamed Fish Curry Custard

Butterflied grilled chicken lacquered in orange coconut spice gravy with charred edges on a wooden board

Malaysia1 hr 35 min

Ayam Percik

Kelantan Grilled Chicken in Coconut Gravy

A smooth barley dough dome in the centre of a wide tray, ringed by orange lamb sauce, potatoes, chickpeas and halved eggs

Libya2 hr

Bazin

Libyan Barley Dough Dome with Lamb Sauce

Dark glossy beef bhuna in a heavy pan with oil separating at the edges and slit green chiles on top

Bangladesh2 hr 5 min

Beef Bhuna

Bangladeshi Dry-Roasted Spiced Beef

Sylheti beef curry with thick wedges of green shatkora citrus rind in a dark, oily gravy

Bangladesh2 hr

Beef Shatkora

Sylheti Beef with Bitter Citrus

Golden bhuna khichuri of rice and moong dal with whole spices and slit green chiles in a heavy pot

Bangladesh1 hr

Bhuna Khichuri

Bengali Rice and Lentil Pilaf

Bowl of Newari choila, charred buffalo cubes coated in red mustard oil with chiles and cilantro

Nepal55 min

Choila

Newari Spiced Grilled Buffalo

Nepali dal bhat plate with rice in the centre, lentil soup, potato and cauliflower curry and pickle

Nepal1 hr 5 min

Dal Bhat Tarkari

Nepali Lentils, Rice and Vegetable Curry

Two soft turmeric-yellow fried baras folded around curried chickpeas with tamarind sauce dripping onto waxed paper

Trinidad and Tobago3 hr 10 min

Doubles

Trinidadian Curried Chickpeas in Fried Flatbread

Bowl of Nepali gundruk ko jhol, dark sour greens soup with potato cubes and soybeans in yellow broth

Nepal55 min

Gundruk ko Jhol

Nepali Fermented Greens Soup

Every recipe on this route.

All 23 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

also known ashaldi, kunyit, curcuma

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