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Many of the dialect names for this plant resemble the Indonesian word ‘kuning’, which means yellow, and certainly yellowness is one of the most obvious characteristics of turmeric. Yellow is traditionally a sacred colour in the East and India, and Nasi Kuning (Yellow Rice). is still thought of as a dish for celebrations. ‘Curry’, says Burkill magisterially, ‘is impossible without turmeric,’ and it imparts not only its colour but also its pleasing, pungent flavour to quite a number of Indonesian dishes. The part you eat is the rjizome, which looks pretty much like ginger, but in Britain it is, I think, always sold in dried or powdered form. If you can get fresh kunyit, cut off a small piece, peel it, and crush it with the other spices, garlic, etcetera in your cobek.