fresh curry leaves

[cambourne7]

Hi

Just picked up some fresh curry leaves, no idea what to do with them.

Any idea?

Cam

[cambourne7]

[cleo]

Check out your recipe books!!-added late to curries/SE Asian food,stir fried in oil to flavour the oil you then go to cook something else in--the list is endless.

Send some to me?

[debster]

only ever used dried ones but they are fab as already mentioned in curries etc

[cleo]

Debster-dried ones are nothing compared to fresh ones-I can`t get them around here-so maybe Cam will be nice to me???

[debster]

ill have a look in our local asian supermarket they have all sorts then ill be able to tell you lol  ;D

[cambourne7]

cleo i pm me your address and i will stick some in the post, i picked these up in asda.

Thanks guys i knew you could help.

Going to get the recipie books out tonight and see what i can do with them ;)

[tim]

While you're thinking - FREEZE them.

And you bought them for Curries? Idealistic, to my simple mind, but the best recipes use them.

[Hyacinth]

For any recipe that states 'bay leaf' and after first using fresh curry leaves I substitute them every time....are they addictive? ;D

[cambourne7]

Cool i might go back up next week and get another bag, there still on there stalk (looks like someone has just trimmed back hard a hedge) so i guess they will keep longer if i leave them on the stalk.

Got them in the fridge and a friends is going to bring over there madar jaffrey cooking cooks for me to pic some recipies out of ;)

[tim]

Interesting that even such as this - http://www.asiafood.org/glossary_2.cfm?wordid=3260 - don't suggest freezing?

I still believe that individually wrapped  & frozen 'branches' hold their flavour best?

[cambourne7]

I think the answer is to try some recipies with fresh leaves and to dry some out and freeze some and see what works for me ;)

[Biscombe]

Lucky you Cam! I can only get dried ones here! I use mine in daal, they add real depth Mmmmm!

[cambourne7]

sorry to hear that biscome, i would post but not sure if they would last happy to try though if you want to pm me your address..