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===Culinary=== Curry leaves have a "mild, aromatic, slightly bitter" flavor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=The Culinary Institute of America |author-link=The Culinary Institute of America |title=The Professional Chef |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-470-42 135-2 |edition=9th |location=Hoboken, New Jersey |page=180}}</ref>{{Cookbook|Curry Leaf}} The fresh leaves are an indispensable part of Indian cuisine and Indian traditional medicines. They are most widely used in southern and west coast [[Indian cuisine|Indian cooking]], usually fried along with vegetable oil, mustard seeds and chopped onions in the first stage of the preparation. They are also used to make [[thoran]], [[vada (food)|vada]], [[Rasam (dish)|rasam]], and [[kadhi]]; additionally, they are often [[Dry roasting|dry-roasted]] (and then ground) in the preparation of various powdered spice blends ([[Masala (spice)|masala]]s), such as South Indian sambar masala, the main seasoning in the ubiquitous vegetable stew [[Sambar (dish)|sambar]]. The curry leaves are also added as flavoring to [[masala dosa]], the South Indian potato-filled [[Dosa (food)|dosas]], made with a mildly probiotic, fermented lentil and rice batter. The fresh leaves are valued as seasoning in the cuisines of South and Southeast Asia.<ref name=parmar/> In [[Cambodia]], curry leaves ({{langx|km|ααααΉααααααααα}}, {{lang|km-Latn|slΕΜk kontroap}}) are roasted and used as an ingredient for ''[[samlor machu kroeung]]''.<ref name=":1" /> In [[Java]], the leaves are often stewed to flavor ''[[gulai]]''. Though available dried, the aroma and flavor are greatly inferior. In almost all cases, the leaves will be freshly plucked from a garden only a few hours or even minutes before they are used.<ref name="Norman2002" /> The oil can be extracted and used to make scented soaps.<ref name=":1" /> The leaves of ''Murraya koenigii'' are also used as a [[herb]] in [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] and [[Siddha medicine]] in which they are believed to possess anti-disease properties,<ref name=":1" /><ref name="parmar">{{cite web |title=''Murraya koenigii'' (L.) Spreng |url=https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/parmar/12.html |publisher=From: Parmar, C. and M. K. Kaushal. 1982. Murraya koenigii. pages 45β48. In: Wild Fruits. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, India. In: NewCROP, New Crop Resource Online Program, Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University |access-date=14 August 2019 |date=1982}}</ref> but there is no [[evidence-based medicine|high-quality clinical evidence]] for such effects. The berries are edible, but the seeds may be toxic to humans.
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