Curry leaves are an exclusive Indian garnish that give a subtle smell and taste.

They are found in almost every non-dessert food. Indian cuisine is just incomplete without them.

Whole leaves are added to the cooking oil when popping mustard seeds or cumin seeds. Curry leaf is also a digestive stimulant which has a cooling effect.  The leaf has a bitter and pungent taste that helps promote movement of the intestines and activates digestive secretions.  It's effect are similar to cumin seeds, being pacifying to Vata and Kapha and mildly stimulating to Pitta.

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