Total waste of time & potentially dangerous. As part of the bottling process the contents of the jar are heated to boiling point or above, to sterilise the contents. As everything cools the lid & "Button" are drawn down. That shows the bottling & sterilisation is complete. As s...

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Hi Elmore123, I would say that they aren’t interchangeable.

The seeds, even when roasted seem to add a bitter note & the flavour is, I find, quite different from the leaf. If you can't wait for the curry I would cook without them.