Turmeric & Tamarind Jamu

Jamu Kunyit

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Nutmeg Trail

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2022

  • About

In the royal courts of Java more than a thousand years ago, Indonesian princesses were drinking spicy tonics called jamu, said to sustain eternal youth and beauty. Such flights of fancy aside, they are still widely taken today, both as powerful herbal medicines and for their health-giving properties.

The earthy bitterness of turmeric is celebrated in this electric orange elixir - thunder and wonder in the mouth.