Sunday, June 30, 2013

Storing Curry leaves

Curry leaves is one main ingredient in Indian cooking. If you have fresh curry leaves available to you at any point of time, I would consider you to be lucky. For us, we need to buy and store it whenever it is available at the grocery store for future use. So this is what I do to store it.
  1. Wash the curry leaves thoroughly with water.
  2. Pat it dry on a kitchen towel and line them on a plate.
  3. Spray some cooking oil over them and spread it in a manner that all the leaves get coated with oil. Vegetable oil is preferable.
  4. Seal them in a ziploc bag and freeze it. Use it whenever required.
  5. It helps the curry leaves to stay almost fresh for months.

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14 comments:

  1. meenaJune 30, 2013 at 9:34 PM

    Hey Anupa,thank you so much for that info.I too face the problem of acquiring fresh stock quite often.

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    1. Anupa Joseph (Palaharam)July 1, 2013 at 9:53 AM

      Well try it when you get a batch of them next.. it works :)

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  2. Rafeeda ARJune 30, 2013 at 11:15 PM

    hey that's some awesome tips, we normally just take it off and store it in a dry airtight container in the fridge...

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    1. Anupa Joseph (Palaharam)July 1, 2013 at 9:52 AM

      We too used to do that...but it does not stay too long and gets wasted.

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  3. Divya ShivaramanJuly 1, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    that is a good idea...i get them ending dried often

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    1. Anupa Joseph (Palaharam)July 1, 2013 at 9:56 AM

      I too used to end up wasting them but after having started to preserve it this way ..not a single leaf goes wasted.

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  4. Shema GeorgeJuly 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    Neat idea - i usually cover the leaves in paper towel with a few drops of water...oil seems to be better..will try -Thanks!!
    Shema | LifeScoops

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    1. Anupa Joseph (Palaharam)July 1, 2013 at 1:08 PM

      Never tried wrapping curry leaves in paper towel...will try that too :)..thanx for sharing

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  5. ShreeJuly 1, 2013 at 8:07 PM

    thank you so much Anupa ! thats an excellent tip. I always have most of them dried up. so never buy more than 1 packet at a time coz of that. am surely doing this hereafter !

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  6. UnknownJuly 2, 2013 at 8:38 AM

    Thats really a great tip Anupa, I throw a fist full of Curry elaves almost every month. Thank you so much for this info.. Would you mind if I share this on my FB Page UK Rasoi, will give you due credit ?

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    1. Anupa Joseph (Palaharam)July 2, 2013 at 8:55 AM

      Sure Nupur..u could share it :)

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    2. UnknownJuly 3, 2013 at 3:56 AM

      Thanks Anupa, have a look here at my page where I have posted it... :)

      https://www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Rasoi/375354455905775

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  7. great-secret-of-lifeJuly 3, 2013 at 4:38 AM

    useful tip..

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  8. anjanaJuly 3, 2013 at 11:06 AM

    Nice tip .will try this surely !

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