Shilpa: Pratima, this site is mainly for recipes. Since I live in US, I mention where we can find some ingredients as it is very hard to find our ingredients here.

I am in Montgomery County, Maryland . . . but any store anywhere in Maryland, DC, or Northern Virginia would be a help, as well as any webstores.

Shilpa: Please check this link. It has many names, I am not sure which one you will be familiar with.

Banana leaves are avble in some of the american grocery alise too. But may not be very fresh.
I dont think haldi leaves are avble here. I get some fresh haldi roots from the Indian store whenever i see them. Just inquisitive, i asked the store manager, if fresh haldi roots are avble, then why not the leaves. He told me they come from India and are not grown here.
Just keep them in a dry place. You will see small stems/sprouts coming out in March. That’s the time you plant them. Wait until Nagarpachami (August) to harvest. You can get the pot Indoors in winter or just leave the roots if you are planting in backyard. My cousins too follow the same. We have the same haldi leaves as in India.

Shilpa: We have a local grocery chain here called price chopper. You also get it in Chinese stores.

Following is a recipe adaptation (purely my own) for Panapen!

Methi Breadfruit Curry:

Breadfruit – just over one pound
Methi Leaves (I use dried but either way they should be finely cut)–1 Cup
Onion – 1 Large
Grated Coconut – 2 Tablespoons
Green Chillies – 3
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Cummin – ½ Teaspoon
Aleppo Pepper – ½ Teaspoon
Salt – To Taste
Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
Vegetable Oil – 2 or 3 Tablespoons
Ghee – 2 Tablespoons
Brown Mustard Seeds – 1 Teaspoon

Procedimiento

1.Skin and core the breadfruit and cut into medium sized squares; then boil until tender.
2.Chop the onion into thin slices.
3.Grind the grated coconut,green chillies,ginger and cummin to a coarse paste.
4.Heat two tablespoons of the oil on a medium flame in a pan, season with mustard seeds, add the onion. Saute till transparent.
5.Add the groundpaste and saute for a few minutes.
6.Add the methi leaves and saute for few more minutes.
7.Add breadfruit,salt,turmeric and aleppo pepper and mix throughly.
8.Add ghee and allow it to cook stirring occasionally, making sure that all the breadfruit pieces are coated with methi leaves mixture.
Hope you like it.

The Breadfruit in north canara(nadavaru) is called Ber Halasinakai.