Well, the great thing about curcuma, turmeric, kunjit, or whatever it's called, is that as an ingredient in curry it sort of counterbalances the hot flavors from peppers and such. It has a very mild 'cool' flavor on it's own.

If you have many peppers, you can use much of the stuff and you will still have a balanced taste so eating it is not a hard task like ingesting for instance mimosa brews can be.