MasterChef Pankaj Bhadouria on Instagram: "How to Check Spices for Adulteration Are your spices as pure as they should be? Spice up your knowledge with these simple tricks to check for adulteration in turmeric, cumin, red chilli powder, asafoetida & black pepper. Here’s how you do it! 1. Real Chilli Powder will firstly float on water then will gradually settle to the bottom, meanwhile fake one will immediately come to the bottom. 2. Real Turmeric will float on water first, then will slowly come