Topic: Indian bay leaves

[jb]

There have been a few threads on the forum regarding the use(and apparent confusion)over the use of genuine Indian bay leaves,or tejpata as they're called.It doesn't help that some of the well known brands package their bay leaves as Indian tejpata when they are actually the European variety.Indeed I only realised recently that the ones I had been using were the wrong ones.Indian bay leaves are very difficult to source where I live,even the local Asian shops have the European bay leaves packaged as Indian tejpata.

However,thanks to Dave aka Curryhell I now have more than enough genuine tejpata to last me for a while.The difference between these and the others are unbelievable,the aroma from the bag is fantastic.They're definitely used in BIR kitchens,at least round where I live,I've found a few of these things in some of my recent take-aways.One was in a particularly tasty shaslick bhuna and the other was in a bombay aloo.Definitely worth seeking out.

[Geezah]

I got my bay leaves from Delhi

[natterjak]

I also love to use asian bag leaves, but it's interesting that one of the best BIR takeaways in my area uses only European bay (and cinnamon not cassia bark), so the use of asian bay apparently isn't entirely ubiquitous among BIRs.

[curryhell]

I got my bay leaves from Delhi

Fortunately, i didn't have to travel that far  .  But then again where better place to get them with the bonus of trying all that lovely street food 

[Geezah]

My employer paid for me to go there last year ..... 3 times

It's an awesome place, great people and amazing food..... and it was all free on expenses and I even got paid for doing it

[loveitspicy]

CH

how much are they back in the UK and are they weighed or just in a  packet

best, Rich