On Oct 17, 1:48*pm, "Zeppo" > wrote:
> So I decided to make a shrimp dish with coconut lemon and ginger for some
> friends coming over tomorrow. The dish calls for 6 kaffir lime leaves. I
> visited two Asian markets and called two others today and they are nowhere
> to be found in my area.
>
> What would be a good substitution? I've seen some stuff online that would
> point to using lime zest instead and some other articles that said that it
> wasn't a good replacement. Would I be better just leaving it out?
>
> The first market I visited, a Korean supermarket, said they haven't been
> able to get kaffir lime since last spring when FDA officials raided all the
> Asian groceries in the region and confiscated all the lime leaves. WTF?
>
> Jon

Hi Jon,
The zest of Lime works as agreat substitute for Kaffir leaves. The
aroma is almost identical.
Cheers