At the risk of appearing stupid ... I bought a bag of curry leaves .. whole dried last time I was in UK thinking they'd be really handy but I'm yet to see a recipe that uses them .. are there any uses for these leaves please ?
I don't usually buy stuff that I have no idea what to do with so this is a tad embarrassing :
Not embarrassing at all, Colin - I still have a bag of dried curry leaves in my cupboard and a bag of frozen fresh ones in my freezer from yonks ago. My hand regularly passes them when I'm reaching for the coriander, and I think, "Hmm... Must use those...", then I forget about them. Shame, as the fresh leaves are really nice.
They don't feature too much in BIR dishes, but you'll find them in a fair few recipes for traditional cuisine (mainly South Indian cuisine, which uses them a lot).
When I remember, I occasionally use fresh curry leaves in some vegetable dishes (IMO the fresh leaves are a different animal. Dried curry leaves just don't release the same lovely nutty flavour when placed in hot oil).
Do a search for 'curry leaves' on Google and I guarantee that loads of recipes will pop up.
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