Kasubha! Common in the Philippines. Colours like saffron but lacks the taste and fragrance. Selling it as saffron is a scam. Saffron comes in tiny filaments, the stamens of the crocus, it is distinctive. Scrub 12 mussels, heat 1/4 to 1/2 a gram in a small glass of Pinot Grigio Heat olive oil in a steel pan until it shimmers, throw in the mussels, cover, when they start popping and release their liquor pour in the hot saffron laden wine, throw in 8-10 cloves of garlic peeled or unpeeled,