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Lime

dried lime · Dried limes · Limoo amani

Family: Citrus

The volatile top acid, always added late or raw

Cooked with in 159 dishes across 23 food worlds

West Africa · 15 dishes

Central Africa · 6 dishes

The Horn · 6 dishes

North Africa · 2 dishes

East Africa and the Islands · 5 dishes

Southern Africa · 2 dishes

The Gulf and Arabia · 2 dishes

Persia and the Caucasus · 3 dishes

The Indian subcontinent · 10 dishes

The Sinosphere · 2 dishes

Mainland Southeast Asia · 22 dishes

Maritime Southeast Asia · 22 dishes

Korea and Japan · 2 dishes

Britain and Ireland · 1 dishes

Mesoamerica · 15 dishes

The Caribbean · 11 dishes

The Andes · 4 dishes

Amazonia · 2 dishes

The Southern Cone · 1 dishes

North America · 3 dishes

Mainland Brazil · 4 dishes

Aotearoa and Australia · 2 dishes

Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia · 17 dishes

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