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Turmeric to curry favour with
TALK about turmeric and many will think of nasi kunyit, those lovely, sticky grains of glutinous rice tinged yellow, served with chicken curry. It's a celebratory thing: you get nasi kunyit for the full moon of a (Chinese) baby's birth together with red eggs, and for birthdays too.
You will see vegetables coloured yellow with turmeric at Indian food stalls, and it's an indispensable spice for most curries whether Malay, Indian, Thai or nyonya. What's acar, for instance, without turmeric giving it that oily yellow sheen, or nasi ulam, for that matter.
Turmeric, also known as Curcuma longa, belongs to the ginger family. It's an ancient spice, dating back 4,000 years, to the Vedic culture in India, where it was used as a culinary spice as well as for religious and medicinal purposes. It's even used as a dye for holy robes by Hindus in India..
Turmeric is a native of South East Asia and is now cultivated from India to China, Australia and the West Indies. More news and other articles inside...
What's up with aphrodisiacs?
Are there really such things as aphrodisiacs to boost the human libido? COLIN KHOO talks to a Western and Chinese health practitioner about things libidinous in nature.
Aphrodisiacs ? are there such things? Surely the Goddess of Love would not have lied to us about oysters, Spanish flies, strawberries, chocolate and other such food, or would she? For who, having eaten these, could have sworn that libido increased? more...
Fresh look at garlic
Few people would want to eat a clove of fresh, odoriferous garlic almost every day for months.
But dozens of residents of Palo Alto, California, and surrounding communities are volunteering to do just that in one of the most unusual, and important, studies on garlic ever done.
Several weeks back I described the basic qigong walk. Those who have tried should already feel the benefits. When I first learned it, I started feeling the enhanced stamina by the second practice session one week later. Qigong-walking around Tasik Titiwangsa took between 20 to 30 minutes, and I felt like I could go round it many times. more..
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The Malays with their staple diet of rice and fish, the Chinese and their imaginative blend of cuisine, the Indians and their piquant traditional fare, the Peranakans and their exquisite Nyonya specialties, the Portuguese Eurasians and their delightful melange of east-west cooking, and of course the Thais from our northern neighbours, with their spicy presentations...
FEATURED RESTAURANT Restauran Super Bariani Gam When you are in Batu Pahat, you must visit this this "out-of-this-world" gastronomic hot-spot. Unlike conventional nasi briyani, where the basmati rice is normally sauteed in oil or butter and seasoned with spices before being served with separate portions of meat of fish, Bariani Gam rice is actually cooked together with the meat in one huge pot. More restaurants inside...
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TALK about turmeric and many will think of nasi kunyit, those lovely, sticky grains of glutinous rice tinged yellow, served with chicken curry. It's a celebratory thing: you get nasi kunyit for the full moon of a (Chinese) baby's birth together with red eggs, and for birthdays too.
