777 Turmeric Powder 500g

A pinch of manjal in the paruppu, and yellow fingerprints on every tea towel.

• What: Turmeric powder (manjal podi)
• Pack: 500 g
• Brand: 777, Chennai, roots going back to 1933
• Best for: Dal, sambar, curries, rice, marinades

Turmeric, also called manjal (Tamil, Malayalam) · arishina (Kannada) · pasupu (Telugu) · haldi (Hindi, Punjabi) · halad (Marathi) · haldar (Gujarati) · holud (Bengali).

What it is

777 has roots going back to 1933, when brothers R.S. Narayanasamy Iyer and R.S. Ganapathy Iyer opened Hotel Sri Rama Bhavan on Thambu Chetty Street in Madras. Turmeric is the dried root of a plant in the ginger family, ground to a bright yellow powder, and it goes into nearly every Indian pot.

It gives dal and sambar their colour and a warm, earthy base note, and it is used in small amounts, a pinch to half a teaspoon. Choosing between everyday powders? Turmeric for colour and earthiness; Kashmiri chilli for red colour with gentle heat; coriander powder for body in a gravy.

Tip: Add it to the hot oil with the onions for a few seconds. Turmeric stirred in at the very end tastes raw and dusty.

Goes well with: Heera Toor Dal Plain, Heera Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Sakthi Coriander Powder

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