Curry Leaf Extract

[sirkeng]

Does anyone know if you can use Curry leaf extract in place of the fresh leaf?
I use kaffir line leaf extract and that works well.

[sirkeng]

http://thaifoodessentials.com/ For the lime extract. it is good. I can get the leaves but not easily.

I have heard bad things about the pandan extracts.

I have only found curry leaf oil sold for non-food uses - but don't see why "non-food' except that it has not been tested. Folks use curry leaf all the time - so why not?

[jen kalb]

when they extract these oils for health benefits they may strip out some of the flavor components.
I just dont know what this would taste like, but I guess if you can ingest it for health purposes (dont know) could try.

[sirkeng]

Agree. The lime leaf on the other hand was prepared specifically of food use.

As an example you see sesame oil with lots of flavor and some - sold to apply to the skin that has little or none.

[chefj]

Toasting is the biggest flavor factor with sesame oils and pastes. The darker the roast the more pronounced the flavor.

[chefj]

I have never heard of it being used in cooking, just as a medicine.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16...

[jen kalb]

this is a new one on me. I have never seen either of these extracts offered for culinary use in the US. Where do you obtain them?

Admittedly, Id be unlikely to use since I have a source for the fresh leaves. Also the asian pandan extracts ive tried have been much inferior to the fresh (frozen) leaves.