How to Make Cilantro Lime Salsa
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SERVINGS:
4
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PREP TIME:
5 MINUTES
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COOK TIME:
0 MINUTES
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PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Chop the raw onions and cilantro. Mix and marinate them in the lime juice for one hour.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Freshen up your skin for spring! Spring fever is here and rosy cheeks will soon replace your winter pallor. The warmer temperatures stimulate blood flow, especially to the skin. That's why on
hot humid days your might some notice congestion and swelling of the feet and hands. The swelling is a sign that your winter skin may benefit from some encouragement.
Cilantro Lime Salsa helps prepare your body for the warmer weather ahead by flushing the skin, liver, and digestive tract. By opening the pores, raw onions help cleanse the skin and flush our hands and feet when they are swollen. Raw onions also purge and cleanse the digestive tract. The onions in Cilantro Lime Salsa are marinated in lime to soften the sharpness. The marinade makes the onion more digestible and pleasant on the palate.
Lime, as all sours, stimulates secretion of bile, flushing the
gall bladder and
cleansing the liver. Cilantro's cooling nature is well suited to the hot temperatures of late spring. Meanwhile its bitter and pungent qualities continue to purify the blood and stimulate digestion.
WHAT IS CILANTRO LIME SALSA?
We love salsa but tomatoes are hard to digest. This recipe is our favorite base for 'tomato-less' salsas. Create your own variation by adding green chilies, chipotle, honey, cumin or other flavors. The sharp, raw onions become soft and refreshing when "cooked" in the lime.
Cilantro Lime Salsa is a refreshing, tasty garnish, like tomato salsa, common in Latin American cuisine. It can also be used in potato salads, as a dip, in salads, on top of rice dishes, or to garnish soups.
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