Dried lime black, 500 grams

These dried limes are also known as loomi. In Middle Eastern cuisine they are frequently used in tea, the cooking water of, for example, rice or in a stew. It has a great sweet/sour taste. Dried lime or loomi is used extensively in Ottolenghi's cookbook Flavor and is also 1 of the 20 ingredients that you should have in your kitchen cupboard according to him. Besides, of course, black garlic. How are the limes dried? Through a drying process in the sun, the green limes are dried until they turn white and finally black. When the weather is nice, the limes lie in the sun and during a humid period everything is covered. In this way the skin eventually becomes rock hard and the inside black and still slightly soft. The flesh of the black lime has a sweetish umami flavor that also fits well in a cocktail. You can also grind it all into a powder and use it on your salads. Nutritional values per 100g: Energy 30Kcal / 126Kj Fat 0.2g Of which saturated 0g Of which unsaturated 0g Carbohydrates 10.5g Of which sugars 1.7g Protein 0.7g Fiber 2.8g Salt 0.01g Vegan, Gluten Free. The black limes are packed in a factory that also contains nuts, peanuts and sesame.