Is there any substitute for lemon grass?

Indian Lemon Grass

Lemon grass is one of the most important ingredient included in Asian cooking, especially Thai cooking. Lemon grass is included in foods to add aromatic flavors. Usually lemon grass is grounded to paste along with rest of the ingredients which thus enhances the flavours of the curries as well as offers an distinctive taste to the food.

Kafir Lime Leaves

Lemon grass has a peculiar taste and usually shouldn't be substituted with any other ingredient. It is also available everywhere as cultivated on large scale in countries like USA, Australia and various other Asian countries. In India, the lemon grass is usually substituted with the Indian variety of Lemon grass (commonly known as Gavathi Chaha in Maharashtra and Malabar grass in Cochin). One more ingredient which can work as best substitute for lemon grass is Kafir Lime leaves.