Search A Recipe



9 Jul 2010

How to Store Curry Leaves?

Two months back, one of our neighbors knocked our door with some small branches of a curry leaf plant.I was confused seeing her in that state, what prompted her to come our home with this much curry leaves? Before asking she said,"my cousin is staying in a villa in Dubai, and lots of plants are growing around their home, and these curry leaves are from there! You can keep this more than one month if you store in a bottle..........."
WOW! That was true, the curry leaves had a long life, when I kept as she said! It was a real helpful tip, since I usually throw plenty of dried leaves which H brings from vegetable market.Thanks to R for helping.



How to store Curry leaves? Here is the way :-
First, wash the leaves in plenty of water.
( heard very poisonous pesticides have been sprayed on curry leaves, so wash well.)
Wash and keep it in the strainer for some time and allow all the water to be drained well.
Take a clean dry glass jar and store the curry leaf stalks in it.
Keep the lid closed and store in the refrigerator.



Please leave your comments with your experience in storing curry leaves using other methods...
at 11:41 am by Seena
Labels: ,
Share

27 comments:

  1. ജയരാജ്‌മുരുക്കുംപുഴ9 July 2010 at 15:03

    aashamsakal.....

    ReplyDelete
  2. AswathiBabu9 July 2010 at 15:46

    Seena
    the same method I am following for years...the tip got from my mother in law. its a great thing to post it like this way..it may be helpful to others also....

    ReplyDelete
  3. Indian Khana9 July 2010 at 17:54

    Nice post and nice pic

    ReplyDelete
  4. Indian Cuisine Blogroll9 July 2010 at 20:05

    nice tip..I'm going to try it...

    ReplyDelete
  5. monsoon dreams9 July 2010 at 20:43

    thats a good idea.i usually store curry leaves in a tiffin box lined with a sheet of kitchen tissue and i place another sheet of kitchen tissue on the curry leaves,and then place the lid.i change the tissues when they get soaked in moisture.i feel it is a good way to store curry leaves for long.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Zerin9 July 2010 at 20:49

    this really works..

    zerin
    www.momster.me

    ReplyDelete
  7. Finla9 July 2010 at 22:41

    I don't get always curry leaves here so when hubby goes to London he brings back loads from the Indian shop there and I freeze them for almost 6 months and each time i need some i just open the bag and take few.

    ReplyDelete
  8. RV @ Food for 7 Stages10 July 2010 at 01:27

    Thanks for the tip dear.. Most of the times my curry leaf goes bad sitting in the refrigerator..

    ReplyDelete
  9. Mrs.Mano Saminathan10 July 2010 at 10:29

    Thanks a lot for the nice and useful tip Seena!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Jayashree10 July 2010 at 10:56

    Nice tip....will try it out, Seena. Usually, I end up making karuveppila podi with the extra leaves or just throwing away the ones that wilt.

    ReplyDelete
  11. prakashettante lokam10 July 2010 at 13:17

    hi seena

    this is the common method i believe which everybody does. i shall ask beenaamma and come back if she has any novel idea?

    best regards
    jp uncle @ trichur

    ReplyDelete
  12. So much to learn....11 July 2010 at 01:37

    Thank goodness, someone finally told me how to keep curry leaves fresh. I end up putting them in the freezer where they turn black (although the flavor is retained).

    ReplyDelete
  13. Unknown11 July 2010 at 07:32

    Hi Seena, The method i use is little different but it also helps to keep curry leaves intact for long time....Wash the curry leaves in water and drain the water well.Now put tissue paper in an air tight container and layer the curry leaf stalks...put another tissue paper above that.Close the container tightly..

    ReplyDelete
  14. AswathiBabu12 July 2010 at 11:54

    Hai seena
    This tip is used by me...It is from my mother in law I got the tip...anyway glad to see the post it may be helpful to others...

    ReplyDelete
  15. seema12 July 2010 at 17:19

    hey seena, i am a regular visitor of ur blog but have never left any comments...first time...thanx for letting us know on how to store curry leaves...i too store them in an airtight container lined with tissue paper at the bottom of the box..cover it another tissue and place the lid...they keep well for a long time...btw, I store coriander leaves too the same way as curry leaves but after chopping away the bottom of the stalk near the roots..

    ReplyDelete
  16. Shabs..12 July 2010 at 21:35

    :)My mom always did this and so do I:)....you know its stays fresh almost a month! You can also freeze them. They will lose the colour when frozen, but the flavour is just intact....

    So how are u?...no news?

    ReplyDelete
  17. Unknown14 July 2010 at 18:43

    wow that indeed is a great tip Seena ! I too end up wasting some of the leaves (spinach )...curry leaves are considered so precious like treasure in this part as its so costly !

    ReplyDelete
  18. Mandira19 July 2010 at 20:19

    that's good to know Seena, I will do this with the curry leaves at home.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Nishya26 July 2010 at 15:03

    thanks Seena for the tip.. i was looking for the tip to store the coriander leaves also, which I got from the comments...

    ReplyDelete
  20. Leila9 September 2010 at 23:32

    Dear Seena, Here's another tip.Remove the leaves ,wash well, drain in a colander then on a towel and store and I find they stay longer than with the stalks.This is a tip given to me by a friend here in Canada whosays she had them for 2 months in the fridg; when she went to India!

    ReplyDelete
  21. Unknown18 February 2011 at 14:50

    Thanks for ur tips seena. I would like to know how to store Hari Mirch (Green Mirchi)..?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Unknown10 July 2013 at 10:35

      Hi not sure if you got the answer...The day I buy chillies i just remove the stem of the chillies and for extra precaution store them between 2 kitchen towels in a ziplock back in the fridge. Trust me they stay put for a very long time. If I have excess, I just grind them in the mixie (I will be VERY careful while doing this) put them in 2 airtight containers, one goes in the freezer and one stays in the fridge for my immediate use. Amazing in Kadhi etc. Hope this helped :-) Chitra.

      Delete
  22. Paachakalokham24 September 2011 at 17:56

    i used to do this..
    but some times leaves become bad in black color.

    ReplyDelete
  23. saritha18 November 2011 at 01:47

    Thanks for the tips

    ReplyDelete
  24. Vidya6 June 2012 at 17:00

    thanks for the tips

    ReplyDelete
  25. john21 June 2012 at 15:24

    nice idea

    ReplyDelete
  26. john21 June 2012 at 15:24

    nice idea

    ReplyDelete


Welcome!
Tried out any recipe?
Leave your valuable opinion..
Any doubt?
Don't hesitate to ask, you can ask through the comment section.
Thanks! :)

Regards,
Seena

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
 

Minibox 3 Column Blogger Template modified by Seena