Description

Citrus hystrix, Kaffir lime – 10 + fresh seeds,

This citrus fruit is native to Asian countries and is used in Asian cuisine.
Kaffir lime is a thorny bush, Can grow 5ft tall, but usually kept short by pruning. It has very aromatic and unusual shaped double leaves. The kaffir lime has a rough, lumpy green edible fruit. The green to yellowish when fully ripe fruit is juicy and not very sweet, known for it’s lumpy exterior and its small size (approx. 4 cm wide). Both the leaves and fruit are used in cooking, and can also be eaten fresh. Wonderfully flavored for both sweet and savory dishes. The rind of the kaffir lime is commonly used in Lao and Thai curry paste, adding an aromatic, astringent flavor. The zest of the fruit is used in creole cuisine and to impart flavor to “arranged” rums in the Martinique, Réunion island and Madagascar. some Vietnam cusine with chicken serve include lime leaves dice to add fragment. steaming snail also include lime leave to decrease the stink when steam. However, it is the hourglass-shaped leaves (comprising the leaf blade plus a flattened, leaf-like leaf-stalk or petiole) that are used most often in cooking. They can be used fresh or dried, and can be stored frozen. The leaves are widely used in Thai and Lao cuisine (for dishes such as tom yum), and Cambodian cuisine (for the base paste “Krueng”). The leaves are also used in Indonesian cuisine (especially Balinese cuisine and Javanese cuisine), for foods such as sayur asam, and are used along with Indonesian bay leaf for chicken and fish. They are also found in Malaysian and Burmese cuisines. In Cambodia, the entire fruit is crystallized in sugar (candied) for eating.

Fruit sliced thinly and added to a jug of cold water in the fridge will make a great thirst quenching drink on a hot day. No sugar required. Fruit can be used as a substitute for ordinary lime in European recipes. Very tasty mixed with ginger, garlic, chili, coriander and lemon grass in savory dishes.
Kaffir has many health benefits like all citrus, and is high in Vitamin C as a result juice and rinds are used in traditional Indonesian medicine.  As well as medicinal purposes, Kaffir oil from the rind has strong insecticidal properties.

Kaffir limes grow well in a pot as it’s from tropics to sub-tropics and is frost sensitive. Imagine how wonderful it will be to have your own Fresh Kaffir Lime Leaves on hand for all your Asian and Thai Cooking. especially as they are evergreen, and you will have them all year round.