The delicate curry leaf tree is a perfect candidate for small gardens in Kona. In addition to the fragrant white flowers followed by small berry-like fruit that turns from red to black, the leaves of ...

When I was a child in the 1980s, my family traveled nearly every summer from our home in Los Angeles to the other side of the world. We spent monsoon-drenched weeks on my grandparents’ farm in ...

At my parents’ home in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, as at many others across South Asia, curry leaf trees grow in the backyard, suffusing the air with a slight earthiness. That scent only intensifies when ...

At my parents’ home in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, as at many others across South Asia, curry leaf trees grow in the backyard, suffusing the air with a slight earthiness. That scent only intensifies when ...

Curry leaves, known locally as kadi patta, are a staple in Indian kitchens, but their uses extend far beyond flavour. Indigenous to India and Southeast Asia, Murraya koenigii (the curry leaf tree) has ...

Q. I am interested in growing an Indian curry tree (Murraya koenigii), so that I can use the leaves in preparing southern Indian food. Local nurseries carry a small grayish-green herb with yellow ...

The distinctive aroma of this earthy herb is the backbone of so many recipes for good reason. By Zinara Rathnayake At my parents’ home in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, as at many others across South Asia, ...