Curry Leaves

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SCIENTIFIC NAME :

 Murraya Koenigii

MEDICINAL VALUE :

 In indigenous medicine, leaves, bark and root used as tonic, stimulant, carminative and stomachic.

NUTRIENT VALUE :

 Vitamin A, vitamin C, calicium, proteins, carbohydrates, magnesium

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :

 Curry leaves used in South India as a natural flavouring agent in various curries. Volatile oil finds application as a fixative for soap perfume.

GLOSSARY :

  • English : Curry Leaves
  • Tamil : Kariveppilai / Karivempu
  • Malayalam : Kariveppila
  • Telugu : Karivepaku / Karepaku
  • Kannada : Karibevu / Baisoppu / Karibevina Soppu
  • Hindi : Kadi Patta / Kathnim / Mitha Neem / Curry Patta / Gandhela / Bareanga
  • Bengali : Curry Patta / Barsanga / Kariphulli
  • Gujarati : Mitho Limdo / Meetho Limbado / Goranimb / Kadhilimbdo
  • Konkani : Karbapathi / Beva Palo
  • Marathi : Kadhi Patta / Karhinimb / Poospala / Gandla / Jhirang / Pandheri Kunthi
  • Oriya : Bhrusanga Patra / Barsan / Basango / Bhuraunga
  • Punjabi : Kadipatti / Curry Patta
  • Tulu : Bevudirae
  • Assamese : Narasingha নৰসিংহ .

Response (3)
  1. S
    Samudra Gupta Kashyap May 3, 2020

    Pl add, in Assamese it is called Narasingha. নৰসিংহ .

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      curryadmin May 6, 2020

      Thanks, we have updated.

    2. भोजन August 10, 2020

      this is fascinating. ‘narasingha’ [नारसिंह narasiṁha], one of the names of vishnu, means ‘man-lion’ in sanskrit. is the curry tree considered sacred to the god narasingha, as tulasi is to kṛṣṇa?

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