The dried desert lime, which is brewed as a tea in their parents' native Iraq, is used as a spice in Iran and many Middle Eastern cuisines, and is known in Arabic as numi, or citrus. That was the ...

FOR years I had been walking past dried limes in Middle Eastern ... the alchemy that takes place under that desert sun. Over the weeks, the limes turn black or dusky brown on the outside and ...

But one ingredient infiltrates the pages and perfumes many of the dishes: the dried limes, whether whole or powdered, that have long been a staple of Persian cooking, yet remain mysteriously ...

QUINOA WITH DRIED FRUIT & HONEY-LIME DRESSING Makes 8 cups (8 servings) MAKE AHEAD: The salad, minus the toasted almonds, tastes better after a day’s refrigeration so that the flavors can meld.