first crop of haldi ready for boiling, not sure of exact time and how to judge it is cooked
How long to boil turmeric rhizomes and how to tell when curing is done?
DDattatray Patil6mo ago · 277 views
4 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓6mo ago
Boil fresh rhizomes until a typical aroma rises and a small stick or finger pushes through the rhizome with light pressure, which is roughly 45 to 90 minutes depending on rhizome size and water quantity. The proper sign is that froth appears, the smell turns strong, and white smoke or foam comes up, and the rhizome looks slightly translucent when cut. Stop the moment it goes soft, since over boiling dulls the colour and leaches curcumin into the water. Sort fingers and mother rhizomes separately because mothers are thicker and need a few extra minutes. After boiling, drain and spread for sun drying. For your specific variety and water hardness, confirm exact timing with your KVK or a local processing unit since over boiling and under boiling both lower the grade.
SSopan5mo ago
I keep a long stick and poke the centre rhizome, when it goes in easy I lift the basket out. Boiling mother and finger together is my old mistake, the fingers got mushy. Now I do them in separate batches.
KKomuraiah5mo ago
In our Nizamabad side we watch for the foam to rise and a strong smell, that is usually the moment to stop. We never let it cook till it falls apart, the colour goes flat then. A small uniform batch cooks more evenly than a big overloaded vessel.
RRavindra5mo ago
One thing that helped me, do not throw away too much by over boiling, cut one piece and check the inside colour. If it is bright and the stick goes through with light push, it is done. Spreading thin on the drying floor straight after draining gave me a better finish.