Turmeric

Thanks a lot, Faye. All above much appreciated.
I think the warming factor of Indian spices is important. I find that if I keep warm (layering up clothes, as well) I feel so much better. Eating spicy food is basically good for me.

Stuffed Cauliflower Recipe
Chop up one cauliflower in a food processor.
2 1/2 green chillies, 1 inch of fresh chopped ginger, 1 desertspoon of tumeric, 2 desertspoons of ground coriander.

Fry chillies and ginger in oil adding spices until they sizzle, add cauliflower and cook until softens but not too soft. Continually stiring the cauliflower. I use a wok.

Make flat layered bread, 2 cups of plain flour, oil, salt and water. Roll out pastry thinly, add cauliflower mixture, seal sides (like a pasty) and fry in oil.

Beammeupscottie the cauliflower steak recipe looks great, I will try it.

Here is the link Beammeupscottie the link for tumeric tea click on the highlighted blue words and scroll down.

The Tarka dal is delicious, except I double the onions, spices, garlic, ginger, everything and just add the amount of chilli I prefer, (I chop my chilli up, not just put it in whole as the recipe states) to the amount of yellow chick peas. I also put in a tablespoon of coconut oil. It's a BBC recipe and very delicious with the extra spices etc, I found it a bit bland previously. Tarka dal recipe.

I do have a cauliflower tumeric and ginger recipe my DD was told by a woman she worked with who is from India. I love it and a very different way to cook cauliflower. We wrote it down as DD was just verbally given the instructions, so will have to search for it. This recipe is not on google that I could find. Also the Indian woman made what we call flat layered bread, exactly the same as I have in an amazing vegetarian recipe book my exh bought for me over thirty years ago. Basically flat layered bread is:
1 cup of plain flour (I use half white and half w/meal).
Splash of olive oil
Salt
Enough water to make a dough
Mix and let sit in the fridge for at least half an hour. I now put some oil on my board, instead of flour and roll out thinly, it's so much easier. Cook in a wok or cast iron pan, pressing down and this gets nice air bubbles.
It was interesting this woman didn't use any oil to fry it as In my recipe book. If I was using a more delicate pan I would add a bit of hot oil.

I have in the last few years stepped up the amount of tumeric and ginger I eat, cut out dairy and processed sugar most of the time, added more greens and tried to follow a more alkaline diet. This was because of heartburn and indigestion problems and my arthritis symptoms have basically gone unless I eat things I shouldn't. Plus restless legs and a few other things have gone too. I feel better than I did ten years ago.

I have always found that a good curry helps my arthritis quite a bit, so maybe it's down to the turmeric. I would imagine that eating a great deal of it might cause side-effects, though.
I have also noticed that a gin and tonic gives me more pain relief than you would expect from one shot of alcohol. I suspect that the botanicals in the gin are helpful, and I would love to know which are the active ingredients. I'm not much of a drinker and have no intention of becoming alcoholic in order to relieve my 'screwmatics', but believe me, it's tempting!

There is evidence out there that turmeric has proven benefits

I think that I read somewhere that turmeric in warm milk is used as a cough remedy in India.

Usual "could be wrong, often am" disclaimer applies.

I went on to PUBMED the web site for all medicinal research and when I typed in aches and pains and tumeric the answer was After 6 months trial. no results yet.

That means it has not been proved that it helps.
Scientist do not publish negative results. It would be helpful if they did.

That was 2 years ago. Perhaps there is better news now.
You would need much more than a bit sprinkled on food

I always add it to bubble and squeak made with sweet potato.

I bought a cauliflower the other day so the guinea pigs could have the leaves and I was wondering what to do with it; didn't fancy cauliflower cheese again. That recipe looks yummy and, for once I've got all the ingredients in my cupboard. I did buy a large pot of turmeric to give my dog when she had cancer a couple of years ago but didn't give it to her in the end as she's prone to tummy problems; I'd read that a grain free diet plus turmeric would be good for her.

Can't see the link, Faye.
Just been told that turmeric stirred into Heinz baked beans will do the trick if you do not want to cook. A piece of toast!

The link I posted has a recipe, it has coconut milk.

That looks delicious, Beammeup. You should put it on the Low Carb thread.

I think I'll have a go at this. I think a slice of bacon would be nice with it.

www.thekitchn.com/recipe-cauliflower-steaks-recipes-from-the-kitchn-195541

not me being a know it all jingles it was Google!

The upmarket coffee shops in London now offer Turmeric Lattes - they are divine.

It has known health benefits - definitely helps for osteoarthritis.

I do not, for one moment, believe that including turmeric in your everyday eating will cause anyone on here any harm.

Well, I could suggest you stop being so know-it-all. But I won't.

stop being pedantic jingles!

I use a lot of turmeric because I eat lots of Dahl and Tarkadal with yellow split peas. It's the thing I eat the most when I am cooking for myself. I buy fresh tumeric and also add powdered too. Lately I have had Tumeric milk.

Thanks for the link, Beamme. I'm interested to read that it can benefit Crohns sufferers. I'm going to get some for my aching knees as apparently it is an excellent natural inflammatory.

Great,Merlotgran, my recipes are very limited. But, you can mix a little drink and down it, I believe.
The EAST END spice co. sell bags of it cheaply (Waitrose and probably others). Much better than the little pots.
I overheard someone saying they give it to their horse! It now runs better - so I live in hope.

For anyone interested in the benefits of turmeric and other herbs and spices I can highly recommend 'Indian Superfood' by Gurpareet Bains.

Wonderful recipes and masses of information.

I'm taking it in capsule form in the hope that it helps the Dupuytrens in my hands; it's a very important part of Ayurvedic medicine I believe.

Well...... It's not like valerian, and that kind of rubbish. It's a recognised cooking ingredient. And it's yummy.