Curry Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Curry (Murraya koenigii, now classified by Kew as Bergera koenigii), the curry leaf tree or kadi patta, is a small evergreen tree of the citrus family, Rutaceae, native to India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh and grown in dooryards across South India and wherever Indian communities have settled. It reaches 4 to 6 meters with dark grey bark and pinnate leaves of 11 to 21 small, glossy, slightly asymmetrical leaflets that smell intensely of curry and citrus when crushed; clusters of small, fragrant white flowers are followed by shiny black berries. The leaves are fried in hot oil at the start of South Indian dishes. We extract the dried leaf.