How to Make Turmeric Powder from Fresh Home Grown Root.

Hi folks. Decided to make up some turmeric powder from the plant harvested from the aquaponics a few weeks back & thought it might interest a few people out there.

Below are some links to research papers on the health benefits of turmeric.

Have also included a few others that go into the differences between the various varieties & how it's processed.

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Have a great one everyone.
Rob.

[SuperFlower]

Thank you for showing us the boiled & raw powdered tumeric, thumbs up Rob

[AbsoluteDegens]

I'm going to give you some golden advice (excuse the pun). Do NOT add bicarb to your turmeric at any point during the process unless you want to destroy and lose the curcumin! A Bicarb solution is highly alkaline and high pH destroys curcumin. Let me explain..

Notice when you add the bicarb and boil the water it eventually turns a dark red, that happens because the high pH dissolves the curcumin and draws it out of the root. The reason Curcumin turns red then black is because it deprotonates. In other words, the part of the curcumin molecule (the OH groups) that is responsible for reflecting the yellow wavelength of light (which gives it it's distinct orange/yellow colour) degrades and donates a hydrogen ion, when this happens it changes colour it loses its therapeutic properties such as it Antioxidant ability (ie, ability to donate an electron which it's now just lost to the alkali).

You can also easily see this when you chop up some turmeric and add bleach to it. Bleach is highly alkaline it will turn the turmeric red and black and destroying the curcumin in the process.

Understand also that curcumin is practically insoluble in water which is why even though boiling turmeric will increase curcunins water solubility a little you will still only lose about 2-10ug/ml of curcumin out of the root onto the water, and probably even less if you left the skin on. But when you add an alkali, your actually making the curcumin more soluble (curcumin dissolves in alkali conditions) so you draw more curcumin from the root and into the water where it is destroyed and lost. Your friend mentioned adding the bicarb gives it more "colour" that is simply because some of the alkali solution is being absorbed by the turmeric root and it's curcumin is being darkened due to some alkali induced degradation. Taking the skin off then boiling in an alkali condition only allows more of the alkali to penetrate the root allowing more curcumin to be destroyed or lost, hence your darker turmeric roots when booking them skinned. (Btw; I'm a PhD researcher and work with curcumin in the lab).

[lifeinthailand]

I have both the frozen and powder, We are mostly only using the powder now, Don't think I well be freezing any more, For us the powder is the way to go. It is a little bit of work to make but not a big deal. That ginger is looking good,

[nanibush]

Thank you! Very very informative and helpful!

[vida-zoe.itamarsantos]

Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.

I make turmeric powder. Low temperature helps to keep the nutrients. It's better not to boil. I ja e a Sun Drier that bake the products slowly under the sun. It last for o e a year when dehydrate.

It keep the food nutrients. When you boil you loose some food nutrients.

Keep up the good work.

[eveny]

Nice video, was there much difference in the taste? I will try to find some to plant next year so this is extremely helpful. Ive only ever had the powder so I don't know which method would be more "beneficial" but if I saw some people drying it raw and others boiling it...I would  combine the methods and "blanch" it. Unless you are trying to get rid of bitter or undesirable element. But if you can eat it raw Ill assume it tastes good.

[syddavis]

Hi Rob... I can't seem to find tumeric roots anywhere. Where did you get your first supply?

[janetbatlle]

hey Rob, can you tell me the brand and model of you dehydrator and the other machine you used, as always good job.

[sergiodavila]

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO, BUT I THINK BOILING THE TURMERIC WILL REMOVE SOME OF THE BENEFICIAL BENEFITS. THERE MUST BE A DIFFERENT POSITIVE WAY IN MAKING TURMERIC POWDER. IF THERE IS NO OTHER WAY, I WILL CONTINUE CONSUMING ROOT TURMERIC TO OBTAIN WHOLE BENEFITS. THANKS AGAIN.

[asya]

Teşekürler sakalı adam zerfeçalı nasıl kurutacagımı bilmiyorum 🙏🙏👍🇹🇷

[MochaDear]

Thank you for this video. I'm about to throw my store bought turmeric powder in the trash and only make fresh from now on because I heard some companies started adding lead powder to turmeric spice to add to the weight to get more for the pound and the FDA can't regulate this since they don't consider spice a food!!! O.O

[teresacreamer]

I’m so glad that I found your YouTube channel. I have been wanting to grow turmeric to turn it into a powder. I buy so much of the product, it’s nice to know that I can grow and process all of this at home. Thank you so much for the video.

[snudge]

I was very interested in how turmeric was produced. This is an information feast on the subject narrated by a very jolly and friendly man. Well done sir, you have produced a clear and easy to listen to video. Thanks for posting :)

[daddykirbs]

That was a very informative, well thought out and beautifully edited tutorial Rob! Thank you for taking the time to make these high quality videos. Your Patreon page looks fantastic too! I look forward to sharing notes on using the Patreon platform :)

[kylebreecher]

Thank you for the advice.
Turmeric, cracked black pepper and Coconut oil made into a paste has amazing healing properties 🙏🏻

[Jamal-Ahmed]

If I ever make turmeric, I'm going to follow the school of thought which says you peel the skins and dry it raw.

[lavinamathias]

There is no need to freeze it instead you fill in air tight container or zip log bags and keep it in the fridge .It will last for many years and not to worry .

[Lanterns_light]

The boil water is full of nutrients. No reason to discard the larger chunks either. I’d use them both

[reevewb]

Normally we don't boil it, instead we dry it under direct son. We don't want to spoil the nutrition once boiled the turmeric

[rodrigojimenez]

great video!! I was trying to see the difference between boiling and non boiling (just using a dehydrator). This was very clear and informative. I will be using the non boiling and dehydrator method