An essential ingredient for cooking authentic Thai food.
An important ingredient in soups such as Tom Yum, Tom Kha Soup, and are also always in curries like Panang Curry, Green Curry and Prik Khing curry pastes.
The strong scented leaves have lovely fresh lemon flavor. The leaves can be torn, chopped or shredded and used in soups and curries.
Never use dry kaffir lime leaves. Letting them dry allows the delicate essential oil to disappear and nothing is left in the dry leaves.