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Grind me and powder me – To make your food look yellow, I am mixed in oil by granny And applied to wounds quickly, I heal all wounds – big and small, That is why I am loved by all!

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Grind me and powder me –

To make your food look yellow,

I am mixed in oil by granny

And applied to wounds quickly,

I heal all wounds – big and small,

That is why I am loved by all!

Think and tell me who am I?

Tell me quickly, who am I?

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Turmeric (Haldi)

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Spicy Riddles
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Chapter 25: Spicy Riddles - Exercise [Page 199]

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NCERT Environmental Studies - Looking Around [English] Class 4
Chapter 25 Spicy Riddles
Exercise | Q 2 | Page 199

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