Aloe Vera Salad

Ingredients

For 4 persons

60 g Aloe vera gel
2 mini cucumber/pickle dill
1 medium carrot
1 unripe mango or papaya
12 large, cooked shrimps (optional)
A handful of mint or basil and coriander
2 tablespoons roasted sesame or crushed peanut
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 garlic cloves
1 red chilli
2 tablespoons fish sauce or a pinch of salt (optional)
Sweetener (optional)
4 tablespoons rice vinegar (or any other vinegar)

Instructions

Cut the Aloe vera gel into long thin strips, about the size of a chopstick, and allow them to rest on a dry fabric for about 2 hours to reduce their viscous texture.
Cut the shrimps into halves.
Thinly slice the carrot and cucumbers into long thin strips.
Shred the mango/papaya.
Chop the herbs.
Use a sizeable container to start mixing the dressing.
Mix the sweetener, vinegar, fish sauce, sesame oil.
Then add (in order) crushed and mince garlic and red chilli, shrimp, mango/papaya, carrot, and cucumber.
Mix them well (but gently, do not break the vegetable strands), then let the flavour soak in for 5 minutes.
Finally, add all the minced herbs and mix again.
Serve cold with some roasted sesame or crushed peanut sprinkling on top.

Recommended daily portion

Consume one portion in the evening and combine it with another of the delicious Aloe vera recipes in the morning to cover the daily intake.

Preparation and dosage

Powdered dried gel: 100 to 500 mg of powdered gel per day; it could also be in the form of capsules. Mean dose: 300 mg.

Fresh gel: 2 tablespoons (30 ml or 30 g) of fresh gel can be consumed daily, 1 tablespoon in the morning and 1 before bedtime.

Commercial Aloe juice: depending on the percentage of gel it contains, you may increase the dose, for example, up to 45 ml per day when the juice contains 66% of gel.

We recommend consuming Aloe vera as a gel, fresh juice or in powder form only to avoid losing its benefits through cooking processes.

Proven health benefits of Aloe vera

By consuming Aloe vera at the dosages recommended, it will also help reduce your total cholesterol and triglycerides.

Aloe vera is also recognized for its beneficial properties on symptoms of gastro-oesophagal reflux and the treatment of mild to moderately active ulcerative colitis.

Finally, Aloe vera gel has the remarkable property of healing burn wounds and pain.

Recipes with Aloe vera

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