made my face itch would not recommend [SEP] i agree it is coarse i am not too sure if its effective or will give negative effect to skin i will update on that later when i see the results but definitely it doesnt stain the skin although it is yellow so i think its genuineupdate i started using it right after i bought it as i felt it would be better compared to normal tumeric i started using it for my diy tumeric face mask i start having rashes on my face i didnt believe it at first so i stopped using it for a few months and then i tried this again and the rash came backso i tried using very small amounts of eating tumeric normal spice tumeric and i didnt get any rash my conclusion is i may be allergic to kasturi manjal or its not prepared in clean conditions and will give rash save your money and do not buy