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The lime family's fruits are detoxifying
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The lemon is supposed to have originated in North India or Burma while lime is originally from Malaysia. It is an oval yellow/green fruit with acidic juice used for drinks and flavouring. Store them at 12 degrees Celsius (57o F) or if you like, in the refrigerator.
Rough Lemon: The rough lemon has a rough skin and is mostly cultivated in the tropics. The fruit is round and a bit bigger than lemon. It is used in the same way as lemon.
Lime: The lime is one of the most commonly cultivated citrus fruits in the tropics. It is shaped like a lemon, but is smaller and has more acid.
Leech lime: Is slightly bigger than lime and has a wart-like skin.
Limquat: Is like lime but smaller in size.
Lemon juiceis primarily used for lemonade and in carbonated beverages. . It is also used in , confectionery and preserves. A few drops of lemon juice, added to cream before whipping, gives stability to the whipped cream.
Lemon peel can be candied at home. It is the source of lemon oil, pectin and citric acid. Lemon oil, or otherwise processed lemon juice is used to enrich the flavours. It is much employed as a flavouring for hard candies.
Lemon juice is valued in the home as a stain remover, and a slice of lemon dipped in salt can be used to clean copper-bottomed cooking pots. Lemon juice has been used for bleaching freckles.
Medicinal uses
The lime family is the most detoxifying of all fruits. If you want to cleanse your body, squeeze some lime or lemon into the orange-juice.
Lemon juice in hot water has been widely advocated as a daily laxative and as a preventive for common cold, but daily doses have been found to erode the enamel of the teeth. Prolonged use will reduce the teeth to the level of the gums.
V.K. CHANDRASHEKARAN
CO-EXECUTIVE CHEF
TAJ COROMANDEL
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