Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
Want that luscious lime taste in recipes like a dry mix, or where the fruit either needs to be added to intensify, or add a hint of taste, or a fragrance, dry lime powder usually trumps the fresh, or liquid fruit juice.
EXPERIENCE
This powder adds a naturally tart, sweet, aromatic, citrus flavor to a variety of mixes, foods, beverages, and confections.
Made from lime juice that is freeze-dried, at the peak of freshness, then ground, the powder lends a more intensified version of lime taste than the fresh fruit.
It doesn’t have the stabilizers that can affect taste, but are used to preserve the juice in bottles, without refrigeration, on store shelves.
JUICE OR DRIED FRUIT?
The juice powder is best in dishes where the dried peel/rind of a granulated, or dried/sliced lime might contribute a bittersweet taste.
Shelf life
Freeze dried fruit has a shorter shelf life than other spices. You can watch the color fade as it ages. Order, as needed, in smaller amounts. Best within three months of delivery, use within six months. You can extend its life by inserting a desiccant pack to the storage container to reduce moisture and keep it fresh a bit longer.
CULINARY GEOGRAPHY
Limes are native to Indonesia, and Southeast Asia, but their origins and/or transport to Indonesia, are a part of history lost to time.
They arrived in the Mediterranean, and North Africa after 1000 CE. They were used culinarily much more quickly than lemons, finding their way into foods and spices in North Africa a few centuries before lemons stopped being largely ornamentals.
Today, India, Mexico, and China are the biggest producers of fresh limes.
TRADITIONAL USES
- Baharat spice blend
- Ottolenghi - Iranian vegetable stew
- Gormeh Sabzi - Persian chicken stew
- Naomi Duguid - Kurdish white beans & tomatoes with dried lime
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
- Perfect lime sorbet
- Ghost pepper-lime chicken burger
- Cilantro-lime rice
- Raspberry-Lime crusted pork roast
THE BACKSTORY
Limes were a secret military weapon, for a time. A British physician stumbled upon citrus’ ability to prevent scurvy during the 19th century. British sailors received a daily rations of citrus, which was a closely guarded military secret, as it allowed British ships to be at sea for longer periods without their sailors contracting scurvy. It’s why Brits are sometimes referred to as “Limey.”
Freeze drying was an ancient art of the Incas, but largely lost to the culinary world until the 1950s, when techniques to freeze dry plants for medicinal purposes was expanded commercially to foods. It didn’t gain any real traction for another twenty years.
AKA
Albanian: Pluhur Lëngu Lime
Arabic: مسحوق عصير الليمون الأخضر
Armenian: Լայմի հյութի փոշի
Azerbaijani: Laym Şirəsi Tozu
Basque: Lima Zuku Hautsa
Belarusian: Парашок соку лайма
Bengali: লাইম রসের গুঁড়ো
Bosnian: Prah Soka Limete
Bulgarian: Прах от сок от лайм
Catalan: Pols de Suc de Llima
Chinese (Simplified): 青柠汁粉
Chinese (Traditional): 青檸汁粉
Croatian: Prah Soka Limete
Czech: Prášek z Limetkové Šťávy
Danish: Limesaftpulver
Dutch: Limoensappoeder
English: Lime Juice Powder
Estonian: Laimimahla Pulber
Finnish: Limemehujauhe
French: Poudre de Jus de Citron Vert
Georgian: ლაიმის წვენის ფხვნილი
German: Limettensaftpulver
Greek: Σκόνη Χυμού Λάιμ
Gujarati: લાઇમ રસ પાવડર
Hebrew: אבקת מיץ ליים
Hindi: लाइम जूस पाउडर
Hungarian: Lime Lé Por
Icelandic: Límónusafaduft
Indonesian: Bubuk Jus Jeruk Nipis
Irish: Púdar Sú Líoma
Italian: Polvere di Succo di Lime
Japanese: ライムジュースパウダー
Kannada: ಲೈಮ್ ಜ್ಯೂಸ್ ಪುಡಿ
Kazakh: Лайм Шырыны Ұнтағы
Khmer: ម្សៅទឹកក្រូចឆ្មារ
Korean: 라임 주스 가루
Lao: ຜົງນ້ຳມະນາວ
Latvian: Laima Sulas Pulveris
Lithuanian: Laimo Sulčių Milteliai
Macedonian: Прашок од сок од лајм
Malay: Serbuk Jus Limau
Malayalam: ലൈം ജ്യൂസ് പൊടി
Mongolian: Лайм Шүүс Нунтаг
Nepali: लाइम जुस धुलो
Norwegian: Limejuicepulver
Persian (Farsi): پودر آب لیموترش سبز
Polish: Proszek z Soku Limonki
Portuguese: Pó de Suco de Lima
Punjabi: ਲਾਈਮ ਜੂਸ ਪਾਊਡਰ
Romanian: Pudră de Suc de Lime
Russian: Порошок сока лайма
Serbian: Прах сока лајма
Sinhala: ලයිම් ජූස් කුඩු
Slovak: Prášok z Limetkovej Šťavy
Slovenian: Prah Limetinega Soka
Spanish: Polvo de Jugo de Lima
Swahili: Poda ya Juisi ya Lima
Swedish: Limejuicepulver
Tamil: லைம் ஜூஸ் பொடி
Telugu: లైమ్ జ్యూస్ పొడి
Thai: ผงน้ำมะนาว
Turkish: Lime Suyu Tozu
Ukrainian: Порошок соку лайма
Urdu: لائم جوس پاؤڈر
Uzbek: Laym Sharbati Kukuni
Vietnamese: Bột Nước Chanh Xanh
Welsh: Powdr Sudd Lime
Yiddish: ליים זאַפט פּודער
Zulu: Impuphu Yejusi Yelime
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