Ah, no it doesn't. कढ़ी comes from the verb काढ़ना, whose past tense is कढ़ी (हुई) [1][2], which in this context means something which has been thickened/reduce

Ah, no it doesn't. कढ़ी comes from the verb काढ़ना, whose past tense is कढ़ी (हुई) [1][2], which in this context means something which has been thickened/reduced over heat. Curry leaves have nothing to do with the etymology of कढ़ी. They are not even used in North Indian variations of Kadhi, as e.g. in Punjab. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadhi [2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A2%E...