Curry plant

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

There is a "curry plant" and there is a "curry leaf plant." Which do
you have?

Read up on what the Internet's wizard of herbs and spices has to say.
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Murr_koe.html

Boron

Boron Elgar said:

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

Quoted message said:

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Quoted message said:

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

There is a "curry plant" and there is a "curry leaf plant." Which do
you have?

Read up on what the Internet's wizard of herbs and spices has to say.http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Murr_koe.html

Boron

Thank you. . .I can see from the webpage, that I do have Curry Plant,
not Curry Leaf. It smells like Curry, but I've been hesitant to try
and use it in cooking. I make a pretty good Curry on my own, with
several of the usual spices.

I was really just curious. Thanks for the info!

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Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

I had one of those for a couple of years, but lost it last summer. I'm
on the lookout for another one.

And yes, I did cook with it. :-)

Mild and pleasant.
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Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

Quoted message said:

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Quoted message said:

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

I had one of those for a couple of years, but lost it last summer. I'm
on the lookout for another one.

And yes, I did cook with it. :-)

Mild and pleasant.
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Thanks. . .Then maybe I'll be brave and try it!

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Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

Quoted message said:

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Quoted message said:

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

I had one of those for a couple of years, but lost it last summer. I'm
on the lookout for another one.

And yes, I did cook with it. :-)

Mild and pleasant.
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Thanks. . .Then maybe I'll be brave and try it!

Just to clarify...

Is this a low kinda silvery-green colored bush with leaves similar in
appearance to rosemary, only softer and finer?

I just pinched off a sprig and chopped it fine with a pair of shears. It
went especially well on poultry.

Let's see where I put that jpeg of mine when I still had it:

http://i11.tinypic.com/66bimf5.jpg

Does it look like this?
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Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

I've used curry leaf before, both fresh and dried. It really
doesn't have any flavor once cooked. The lack of flavor probably
led to the invention of curry powder - made from completely
different spices.

-sw

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Quoted message said:

Boron Elgar said:

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

Quoted message said:

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves
of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Quoted message said:

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

There is a "curry plant" and there is a "curry leaf plant." Which do
you have?

Read up on what the Internet's wizard of herbs and spices has to
say.http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Murr_koe.html

Boron

Thank you. . .I can see from the webpage, that I do have Curry Plant,
not Curry Leaf. It smells like Curry, but I've been hesitant to try
and use it in cooking. I make a pretty good Curry on my own, with
several of the usual spices.

I was really just curious. Thanks for the info!

This whole thread makes no sense. Curry leaves have little to do with
curry powder or the spices that make up curries (cumin, coriander,
etc.). Of course, there are so many different types of curries that you
can make a curry using curry leaves -- typically whole leaves are fried
in oil at the beginning of the prep.

Curry leaves are used in South Indian cuisine, typically vegetarian, and
tend to be associated with coconut, mustard seeds, etc. If you've grown
up eating Indian food in the US, you probably haven't eaten much of
this. I can't see your curry leaves smell "exactly like the mixture of
spices which commonly make up Curry recipes."

-T

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Did you obtain it locally, Myrl? If so, I'd love to know where, I
would really like to grow curry leaf/curry leaf.

TammyM, girding her loins for the heat onslaught next week (gonna
spend lots of time in the pool!)

Omelet said:

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Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

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> I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
> exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
> recipes.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
> a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Quoted message said:

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> Myrl Jeffcoat
>http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

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I had one of those for a couple of years, but lost it last summer. I'm
on the lookout for another one.

Quoted message said:

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And yes, I did cook with it. :-)

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Mild and pleasant.
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Thanks. . .Then maybe I'll be brave and try it!

Just to clarify...

Is this a low kinda silvery-green colored bush with leaves similar in
appearance to rosemary, only softer and finer?

I just pinched off a sprig and chopped it fine with a pair of shears. It
went especially well on poultry.

Let's see where I put that jpeg of mine when I still had it:

http://i11.tinypic.com/66bimf5.jpg

Does it look like this?
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Yes, it looks exactly like that!

(Sunny) said:

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

Quoted message said:

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Did you obtain it locally, Myrl? If so, I'd love to know where, I
would really like to grow curry leaf/curry leaf.

TammyM, girding her loins for the heat onslaught next week (gonna
spend lots of time in the pool!)

I found it a few years back at Capital Nursery on Sunrise
Boulevard. . .I'm remembering you're from the Sacramento area
too. . .Is that correct?

moriarty wrote on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:35:42 GMT:

m> <[email hidden]> wrote in message
m>
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??>> On Jun 29, 6:20 pm, Boron Elgar <[email hidden]>
??>> wrote:
??>>> On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:08:08 -0000,
[email hidden] wrote:
??>>>> I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it
??>>>> smells exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly
??>>>> make up Curry recipes.
??>>>
??>>>> My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with
??>>>> the leaves of a Curry plant? And if so, what was the
??>>>> outcome?
??>>>
??>>>> Myrl Jeffcoat
??>>>> http://www.myrljeffcoat.com
??>>>
??>>> There is a "curry plant" and there is a "curry leaf
??>>> plant." Which do you have?
??>>>
??>>> Read up on what the Internet's wizard of herbs and spices
??>>> has to
say.http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Murr_koe.html
??>>>
??>>> Boron
??>>
??>> Thank you. . .I can see from the webpage, that I do have
??>> Curry Plant, not Curry Leaf. It smells like Curry, but
??>> I've been hesitant to try and use it in cooking. I make a
??>> pretty good Curry on my own, with several of the usual
??>> spices.
??>>
??>> I was really just curious. Thanks for the info!

m> This whole thread makes no sense. Curry leaves have little
m> to do with curry powder or the spices that make up curries
m> (cumin, coriander, etc.). Of course, there are so many
m> different types of curries that you can make a curry using
m> curry leaves -- typically whole leaves are fried in oil at
m> the beginning of the prep.

m> Curry leaves are used in South Indian cuisine, typically
m> vegetarian, and tend to be associated with coconut, mustard
m> seeds, etc. If you've grown up eating Indian food in the US,
m> you probably haven't eaten much of this. I can't see your
m> curry leaves smell "exactly like the mixture of spices which
m> commonly make up Curry recipes."

As must be becoming apparent, there *is* a plant called the
"curry plant" (I forget its scientific name) that does smell
rather like curry powder but "curry leaves" are not from the
curry plant and don't even smell like curry! Track this down in
Gernot Katzer's web page.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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moriarty wrote on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:35:42 GMT:

Quoted message said:

??>> Thank you. . .I can see from the webpage, that I do have

??>> Curry Plant, not Curry Leaf. It smells like Curry, but
??>> I've been hesitant to try and use it in cooking. I make a
??>> pretty good Curry on my own, with several of the usual
??>> spices.
??>>
??>> I was really just curious. Thanks for the info!

m> This whole thread makes no sense. Curry leaves have little
m> to do with curry powder or the spices that make up curries
m> (cumin, coriander, etc.). Of course, there are so many
m> different types of curries that you can make a curry using
m> curry leaves -- typically whole leaves are fried in oil at
m> the beginning of the prep.

m> Curry leaves are used in South Indian cuisine, typically
m> vegetarian, and tend to be associated with coconut, mustard
m> seeds, etc. If you've grown up eating Indian food in the US,
m> you probably haven't eaten much of this. I can't see your
m> curry leaves smell "exactly like the mixture of spices which
m> commonly make up Curry recipes."

As must be becoming apparent, there *is* a plant called the "curry
plant" (I forget its scientific name) that does smell rather like
curry powder but "curry leaves" are not from the curry plant and don't
even smell like curry! Track this down in Gernot Katzer's web page.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

My mistake then. Helichrysum italicum. The web page says it smells like
sage, but a little more googling shows that it may have gotten ts name
for smelling a bit like curry powder. But it still isn't used it Indian
curries.

-T

Quoted message said:

(Sunny) said:

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

Quoted message said:

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

Did you obtain it locally, Myrl? If so, I'd love to know where, I
would really like to grow curry leaf/curry leaf.

TammyM, girding her loins for the heat onslaught next week (gonna
spend lots of time in the pool!)

I found it a few years back at Capital Nursery on Sunrise
Boulevard. . .I'm remembering you're from the Sacramento area
too. . .Is that correct?

Yep, I'm in South Natomas. I'll check it out!

TammyM

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Steve Wertz said:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:08:08 -0000, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
recipes.

My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

I've used curry leaf before, both fresh and dried. It really
doesn't have any flavor once cooked. The lack of flavor probably
led to the invention of curry powder - made from completely
different spices.

-sw

I disagree...

but then, I don't smoke.

No offense meant by that, but anyone I've ever know that quit admits to
a much more sensitive sense of taste.
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moriarty said:

This whole thread makes no sense. Curry leaves have little to do with
curry powder or the spices that make up curries (cumin, coriander,
etc.). Of course, there are so many different types of curries that you
can make a curry using curry leaves -- typically whole leaves are fried
in oil at the beginning of the prep.

Curry leaves are used in South Indian cuisine, typically vegetarian, and
tend to be associated with coconut, mustard seeds, etc. If you've grown
up eating Indian food in the US, you probably haven't eaten much of
this. I can't see your curry leaves smell "exactly like the mixture of
spices which commonly make up Curry recipes."

-T

The whole thread makes perfect sense.

Just because the "curry plant" is not traditional "curry" per se' which
is actually a spice mix does not mean it has no culinary value.

That is what she was asking.

I have cooked with mine in the past when I had them (I've gone thru 2 so
far as I tend to be bad about summer watering sometimes) I did cook with
them, and they do add a pleasant flavor.
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On Jun 29, 6:44 pm, Omelet <[email hidden]> wrote:
> In article <[email hidden]>,

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> [email hidden] wrote:
> > I have a Curry plant growing in my back yard. . .Yep, it smells
> > exactly like the mixture of spices which commonly make up Curry
> > recipes.

Quoted message said:

> > My question is - has anyone tried actually cooking with the leaves of
> > a Curry plant? And if so, what was the outcome?

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> > Myrl Jeffcoat
> >http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

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> I had one of those for a couple of years, but lost it last summer. I'm
> on the lookout for another one.

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> And yes, I did cook with it. :-)

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> Mild and pleasant.
> --
> Peace, Om

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Thanks. . .Then maybe I'll be brave and try it!

Just to clarify...

Is this a low kinda silvery-green colored bush with leaves similar in
appearance to rosemary, only softer and finer?

I just pinched off a sprig and chopped it fine with a pair of shears. It
went especially well on poultry.

Let's see where I put that jpeg of mine when I still had it:

http://i11.tinypic.com/66bimf5.jpg

Does it look like this?

Yes, it looks exactly like that!

In that case, ignore those posters behind the curtain, and enjoy. :-)

Be sure to post results?
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moriarty said:

My mistake then. Helichrysum italicum. The web page says it smells like
sage, but a little more googling shows that it may have gotten ts name
for smelling a bit like curry powder. But it still isn't used it Indian
curries.

-T

But that was not the question.
While it may not substitute for curry powder, that does not mean that
she can't cook with it.

I did, and I enjoyed it! I have a jar of curry powder that I use when I
want it, but I don't always want that strong of a flavor.

That is why I told her it was very mild when I did use it. Used fresh,
it adds just a hint of the flavor that you smell when you bruise the
leaves.

It has it's uses, and it's not toxic.

I miss my plant and may attempt to search for one on line. Right now
tho' I have Ginger root planted where it used to live.

Sometimes being able to use fresh herbs is really cool.

The other items currently in my herb garden I use regularly for cooking
fresh are Mexican Oregano, Dittany of Crete, Thyme, Sage and Rosemary.

I need to get some dill and basil going in the greenhouse.

There is nothing on gods green earth like fresh basil in some recipes.
;-d
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