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Khaja Zafarullah's avatar

I have the book too and have been wanting to cook many a recipe from it.

To add to your discourse on curry leaves, we also make a curry leaf chutney in the South of India, it is superb, I should post a recipe soon.

As you have rightly pointed out, this is an ingredient that is omnipresent across India, and loved, almost taken for granted.

I also freeze them and they last a long time, they don't look as pretty but the flavour is just the same and once your temper them you cannot tell the difference.

Take care

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

I've always been discouraged by the look of them frozen...I'll rethink my attitude!

Barbara jo Mcintosh's avatar

C'est vrai Madame, à cookery book can bring joy and purpose. Looks to be à treasure for your library.

Elisabeth Luard's avatar

Lovely - great thoughts on curry leaves as have no idea how to use ‘em (I’m a bayleaf woman myself).

Ana Ferraro's avatar

Cooking is always my refuge.

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

🧡🧡🧡

Petie B's avatar

Coorg is lighting up the fermentosphere! Will get a copy when I get back to Glasgow. Almost wrote “if” after turning off today’s ravings billed as a press conference. Rome burns and I feed my neighbors pizza and cream puffs as a freezer emptying exercise.

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

Yes indeed Rome burns as the violin-player raves on. I don't listen but it's still deafening. Safe trip home! ☀️☀️

Elli Benaiah's avatar

You got me hooked. The book sounds wonderful. I am trying to find it in Europe.

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

I think you have to order it. Check cultures.group on Instagram. There's an event with her on April 19

Elli Benaiah's avatar

Her website has a pre-order form. I filled it out. Let’s see…the food sounds a lot like the Kerala fare I enjoyed so much last month. Thank you for opening my eyes.

NAOMI DUGUID's avatar

Yes there are Kerala echoes, but some quite distinctive other patterns of preparation...