Turmeric Fragrant Butter Rice

Turmeric is one of nature's most powerful healers. Turmeric comes from the root of the Curcuma longa plant. Turmeric is native to Indonesia and southern India, where it has been harvested for more than 5,000 years. It is known for its anti-inflammatory properties.

As I googled, I found out that turmeric has plenty of goodness and natural remedy for so many diseases. There is also traditional way of applying turmeric as a agent for skin beauty.If you hoping for a healthy growing supple skin and complexion, turmeric is one of the natural remedy to help to reduces pigmentation and even put your skin tone and smoothen your skin naturally. It can also use to reduces pregnancy stretch marks on your belly. It can also strengthen your bones, especially for women by making it into a drink with milk in the Indian's way. Isn't it amazing?
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It also proving beneficial in the treatment of many different health conditions from cancer to Alzheimer's disease, lowers the cholesterol level, prevent colon cancer, improved liver function and many many more!

You may login to these few websites for more info & benefits of Turmeric, an powerful and awesome spice:
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WHFoods
Health Diaries
India Parenting

I still remembered I consumed a lot of Turmeric Fried Rice during my confinement period, according to the confinement lady, it is a good source to strengthen our womb and help us to get back to pre-pregnancy weight sooner after delivery. That was one of the traditional method, even Malays and Indians like to use Turmeric in their cooking during confinement.


Lemon grass is another herb that gives you not only fantastic flavour in your cooking but act as a natural remedy too. Lemon grass is similar in properties to citronella grass which has the insects repellant effects. So, plant some lemon grass in your garden to stave off bugs, mosquito & insects... Besides, lemon grass help in recovery fo the common cold flu, reducing fevers, cramp and many more... it is indeed a traditional remedy for many illness. Recently, lemon grass has found that daily intake of 1,000mg of citral represses cancer cells and helps battle depression.

What a awesome natural plant that gives us plenty of goodness in improving health and prevent illness. I would think it is a good idea to have a glass of lemon grass juice with honey every week, isn't it?

Reference from this website - read of the goodness of Lemon grass!

Looking at the goodness of these 2 powerful herbs. Why not to have some turmeric fragrant butter rice? It is tasty and full of goodness. This rice is best to be served with chicken curry, kurma chicken curry, rendang chicken or eat it on its own. Turmeric Butter Fragrant Rice also served during many occasions, especially in Malays or Indians' wedding, engagement & traditional celebrations. It is simply one of my favourite when I attending Malays or Indians' celebrations.

Ingredients: 2 cups rice, washed & drained 5 cloves garlic, minced 5 nos shallots, minced 8 slices ginger 2 nos lemongrass, cut diagonally into 2 cm thick 1 tsp turmeric powder 4 cups chicken broth / water 1 tbsp sunflower oil 2 tbsp butter Extra water for cooking Salt to taste (optional) Methods: 1. Heat oil, once oil is hot, add in butter. Saute garlic, shallots & ginger until fragrant, but not brown. 2. Add in lemongrass, saute for a while. 3. Stir in rice. Fry rice until fragrant and mix well. 4. Add in one cup of chicken broth / water and keep stirring. Repeat one cup each time. 5. Add in turmeric powder, keep stirring and mixing until rice is well coated with turmeric powder. 6. Keep stirring until water reduces to half. If you prefer more salty taste, add pinch of salt to taste. 7. Transfer to rice cooker. Add more water just enough to cover the rice. 8. Cook accordingly in the rice cooker. Once cooked, serve hot.

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