No shade to bay leaves — which do have their place in the kitchen — but if you're looking for a little green leaf that you can really taste in a dish, you're looking for curry leaves.
Pexels Curry leaves are used much in the way bay leaves are. To gently impart subtle flavour when steeped in curries, dhal, and soups. However, unlike bay leaves, which are removed before eating ...
Although fresh leaves are becoming more widely available, they are usually sold dried. The dried bay leaves are more strongly flavoured than fresh ones, but the uses for both are the same.