Hey, as I told, I will give my blog in three parts on lime – lemon, so today is the third part that I am going to share now. My first part was lime and lemon second was lemon peel and is third Citric Acid.

Citric Acid

Citric acid was first derived from lemon juice It is an odorless and colorless compound that was produced from the lemon juice but letter it starter to made in other ways. Its taste like sour and used for food flavoring and as food preserver also.it is mostly used in home-made soft drinks and homemade sugar Candies’.

Fruits with more sore tastes contain more citric acid and less sore taste contains lesser citric acid. You may understand that’s if you have a lemon, lime, grapes, orange than it has more citric acid and if you consume like pineapple, tomatoes or berries’ than it is lesser sore so, it contains lesser amount of citric acid.

The citric acid content in sauces like tomato sauce, red chili sauce, etc.. Citric acid is also a byproduct of many. Like soft drinks, hard drinks and some bakery items.

Citric acid commonly used in houses for cleaning purposes. Like removing soap scum in the washing area, hard water stains on metallic things, and also cleaning rust. Citric acid is a reasonable cleanser rather than bleaching products.

Citric acid enhances the bio-availability of minerals and allowing your body to absorb them better and easier.

Citric acid is a wonderful product for treating several skin problems like mild acne, pigmentation, clogged pores, sun tanning, wrinkles, and dark spots. Lemons, oranges, and certain berries contain citric acid in large quantities. You can apply citric acid on the skin, in the form of peels, toners, scrubs or masks.

How to Consume:

Citric acid you can consume like bread, sauces, varies dough’s, curries and as many as forms you can use it. I use citric acid in curry and sweet and sour dals (lentils). In some dishes, I prefer to use it, in place of tamarind because my parents fill joint pain when they consume a dish made with tamarind. Citric acid is the best alternative of tamarind for me, ones you also try it.

I use to use this to make chhena (A crumbly and moist form of farmers cheese, it is created in a similar process to paneer except it is not pressed for long.) it is so simple to make just boil milk and add some small pieces of citric acid and again boil till milk water get separate from milk now filter that chhena from water and use it for anything like Kalakand, Rasogulla, Chhena Bhurji (Vegetarian Bhuji) if you want any of the recipes I can share it.

Citric acid has other uses like cleaning metals, did you know you can clear your drainage system with citric acid, yes I also was no known but I simply tried and it worked. Just add 1 tsp citric acid mix with 1 tbsp of baking soda pore into your washbasins pore 1 cup of normal water into it and leave it for 15 min. now pore 1 bucket of water into it, and you see your pipeline clear now. You can use citric acid for cleaning bathroom tabs; tiles other than this you can use citric acid as a beauty product. You can make homemade face packs, scrubs, toners, etc…

God has gifted each on a very unique skin we just have to maintain it. Don’t try to be like someone else because individually you are unique and beautiful. To maintain skin just try those things which you already know that suitable to you, need to make a combination of it. I am trying to give you some of my personally used face packs. Try if it is also suitable for your skin.

Face packs:

All packs process is the same dissolve citric acid crystals first in ½ tsp of water than mix other ingredients.

• critic acid very small amount mix in ½ tsp of water, take Aloe Vera gel 1 tsp to add ½ tsp of olive oil and mix all the ingredients apply it on skin rub for 2 to 3 min and leave it for 10 min. now rains with normal water tap your skin and if needed apply rosewater and leave it overnight. This pack can lighten your dark spots and shrinks pores.
• critic acid very small amount mix in ½ tsp of water, take Honey 1 tsp to add ½ tsp of Coconut oil and mix all the ingredients apply it on skin rub for 2 to 3 min and leave it for 10 min. now rains with normal water tap your skin and if needed apply rosewater and leave it overnight. This pack can lighten your dark spots and supple your skin.
• critic acid very small amount mix in ½ tsp of water, take Curd 1 tsp to add ½ tsp of baking soda and mix all the ingredients apply it on skin rub for 2 to 3 min and leave it for 10 min. now rains with normal water tap your skin and if needed apply rosewater and leave it overnight. This pack can clean dry and dead skin and leave your skin clean – clear and glowing.
• critic acid very small amount mix in ½ tsp of water, take oatmeal powder 1 tsp add ½ tsp of baking soda, Almond Oil ½ tsp and mix all the ingredients apply it on skin rub for 2 to 3 min and leave it for 10 min. now rains with normal water tap your skin and if needed apply rosewater and leave it overnight. This pack you can use as mask and letter this citric acid mask can leave acne mark-free skin and leave your skin clean – clear and glowing.

Try as many as combinations, as per your skin requirements, and lavish your skin.

Warning:

• Do not apply any face pack direct on your face, first check on a different part of your skin. If you are filing any kind of skin irritation just wash it immediately and apply rose water. Please do not play with your skin.
• Do not go out after the immediate application of pack otherwise you can see some other effects on your skin.

 How to Store:

You can store citric acid crystals’ in any of the dry and airtight containers and store them in the refrigerator. It can go up to the expiry date as mentioned on the pack.