On 19/9/2006 10:46pm, Phil posted:

Like Stephen, I hadn't associated basil with Indian food. We use it in Italian and in Thai food.

How I pick the leaves depends on the kind of basil. For basil with big leaves, I pick off the bigger leaves, but there's a kind of basil where ALL of the leaves are tiny, so with that, I pick off whole branches.

I've never tried to grow it, but given my luck with attempting to grow coriander, I'm not optimistic.

Phil