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21-01-2008, 07:46 PM
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"Curry leaves" can we grow them?
OH is just cooking a very nice "Hearty Blue Mountain Cabbage & Tomato Stew" aka 'Muttakos Sambaar', which has 'curry leaves' as an ingredient.
Does any one know can they be grown in this country, and what are they plant-wise?  The 'stew' smells pretty pungent without them but .... doh this should have been in the 'herbs' section.
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21-01-2008, 07:48 PM
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I have seen a curry plant in the herb section at the garden centre, it had very small leaves if I remember correctly. Smell was delish!
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21-01-2008, 07:51 PM
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You can buy it in the USA - from Amazon.co. It seems to like high winter temps - not below 65C. I couldn't give it those temps unless it lived indoors with me. You apparently propagate from offsets. (Nearly said offcuts - the quilter in me coming out again!)
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21-01-2008, 07:52 PM
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Hi Manda,
I grow curry leaves ( they are small tree) mine only 20 cm high (at their 2.5 year now and currently over wintering in door). I am not in UK but my climate will be similar to london. I presume you can grow them in your area too but indoor during winter and autumn  .Momol
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I grow, I pick, I eat ... Last edited by momol : 21-01-2008 at 07:55 PM.
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21-01-2008, 07:55 PM
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You can grow them from it's berry or cutting. Mine produce some flowers last year but they drop due to too cold,she was grown from curry leaves's berry. Hopefully this year and if they do produce berries, you may have some...
.Momol
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21-01-2008, 07:55 PM
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Might have known you'd know momol!
Got any other info? Did you start it from seed, where did you get it from, are you keeping it in a pot? Do you cook curry's then?
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21-01-2008, 07:57 PM
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Does anyone know its Latin name? I've smelled 'curry plants' at the garden centre, I'm not 100% sure they're the same ones. Any asian cooking fans/fiends onboard know?
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Manda. Yet Nature is made better by no mean But Nature makes that mean; so over that art Which you say adds to Nature, is an art That Nature makes. Last edited by smallblueplanet : 21-01-2008 at 07:57 PM.
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21-01-2008, 07:58 PM
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Mine were brought over from Singapore ( when we move back) at that time she was only 8 cm or so...here she grow very slow and compact in her small pot ( 2 litres). In tropic she will be growing very fast and tall ( reaching 2m)
. Momol
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21-01-2008, 08:00 PM
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I only cook curry with it twice as I daren't pick too much...
 besides I am more cooking malay style curry ( without curry leaves) but they do give nice smell in pickles...Momol
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21-01-2008, 08:06 PM
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Make sure you are talking about the same thing. Curry leaves are Murraya koneigii, Curry plant is Helichrysum italicum. The latter has a sort of cumin type smell. I'm not sure you could cook with it. It has small grey leaves, quite tightly packed. The former has small (but bigger if you get me drift) green leaves. Curry plant can easily be grown here and is often in garden centres. I think, like momol, you might have to import your curry leaf plant.
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21-01-2008, 08:08 PM
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Thanks for the clarification Flum. Always wondered if you could cook with the curry plant but suspected it would be a bit small for that.
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21-01-2008, 08:08 PM
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I am talking about curry leaves which is in murraya family ( edible), I won't suggest curry plant for consumption as it is toxic ...
Momol
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21-01-2008, 08:14 PM
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Manda. Yet Nature is made better by no mean But Nature makes that mean; so over that art Which you say adds to Nature, is an art That Nature makes. Last edited by smallblueplanet : 21-01-2008 at 08:15 PM.
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21-01-2008, 08:20 PM
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Oooooh spooky, we've moved!
The sambaar smells delicious, and is very simple, if anyone is interested I'll type in the recipe tomorrow?
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21-01-2008, 08:21 PM
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21-01-2008, 08:27 PM
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(ps I do only mean veggies, I'm too old now for any other malarkey! )
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21-01-2008, 08:29 PM
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