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Cilantro Lime Salsa
About the Author: John Immel,
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Effect: Alkalizing, Prana, Rajasic, Tamasic
Meal: Lunch-Dinner
Recommended for: Summer
Style: Latin-American
Occasion: Backyard-picnic-bbq, Cleanse, Game-night
Preparation: Raw, Dip, Sauces
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Meal: Lunch-Dinner
Recommended for: Summer
Style: Latin-American
Occasion: Backyard-picnic-bbq, Cleanse, Game-night
Preparation: Raw, Dip, Sauces
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Medicinal Effects & Experiences:
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary.
Pharmacological Effects
Diaphoretic, Diuretic, General-Laxative, Decongestant, Stimulant-Laxative, Alterative, Detoxicant, Cholagogue, Burns-Toxins, Antipyretic, Antihistamine, Anti-Inflammatory, HypolipidemicAbout Pharmacological Effects
The list of actions below have not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.
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ayurvedic perspective
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.
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.
About 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.
Cilantro Phobia?
Cilantro-phobia is the feeling of primal-revulsion to cilantro reported by a small number of our readers. Click here to learn more.
preparation
Chop the raw onions and cilantro. Mix and marinate them in the lime juice for one hour.
About the Author
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda exudes a certain ease, which many find enjoyable and insightful. His online course Balance Your Ayurvedic Diet in a Week provides tools for gracefully healing with Ayurveda to thousands. John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda , which specializes in digestive tract pathology & Ayurvedic nutrition. John and his wife Natalie recently published Explore Your Hunger: A Guide to Hunger, Appetite & Food.John's interest in Ayurveda and digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel, including his public service work in South Asia. John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem. His hope and belief in the capacity of each & every client to improve their quality of life is nothing short of a personal passion. John's creativity in the kitchen and delight in cooking for others comes from his family oriented upbringing. In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots, and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church. Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick. That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Comments & Impressions of 'Cilantro Lime Salsa'
Do you like 'cilantro lime salsa'? Why or why not? What makes it unique? Is there something you'd like to know about 'cilantro lime salsa'?
Cilantro-phobia? Are you kidding? I love Cilantro!
Growing up in Chicago, I never tasted Cilantro unti I was an adult and at first couldn't understand why anyone would eat it. I read Harold McGee's NYT article when it was first published and related so much to the soapy taste identified with Cilantro. But over the years I have come to love Cilantro and now have it almost every day.
Hopefully your readers who report primal-revulsion will gently try and try again. Eventually new associations will be made by the brain and then brain and body will get to benefit from this great herb!
~ Laura Plumb
- Laura Plumb, Coronado , CA , 08-03-11 (Reply)
Oh My! Cilantro! The aroma sends me..... I have added this to my herb garden now for the past several years. There is a pleasant difference when grabbing a small bit a placing it in your mouth right off the plant! It is wonderful!. The taste is not soapy, but rather think of it as heady. Heavily scented with the sweet smell of green living food. When you pair this with lime it becomes something heavenly that the angels WISH they could eat. If you have never tried it before start out with a small amount added to say, regular salsa. Then as you become accustomed to the flavor add a little more until you become an addict like I am. What can I say? Gotta have it!
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