In cooking, turmeric is one of the ingredients used to add a slightly bitter taste to various kinds of food. It is a spice typically used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisines, but it is also used in different parts of the world to create a golden yellow color. It used to be part of Indian curries and other food like mustard, but nowadays, people seemed to use turmeric in most dishes.
Here are some of the recipes which call for the use of turmeric: Southwestern tofu scramble, fragrant yellow rice, creamy curried cauliflower soup, Moroccan chicken, turmeric milk, Indian dahl with spinach, chickpea curry, lamb tagine, chicken korma, and, of course, turmeric-ginger tea. Some recipes do not call for the use of turmeric, but you can definitely add it if you like.