How to preserve fruits
Nabatanzi shares the process of preserving fruits for later use through using the drying technique. <br>First, know the fruit you want to dry and gather as much fruit as you may want. It could be mangoes, paw paws, pineapples, jackfruit or other fruits.
Nabatanzi shares the process of preserving fruits for later use through using the drying technique.
First, know the fruit you want to dry and gather as much fruit as you may want. It could be mangoes, paw paws, pineapples, jackfruit or other fruits.
Remove the fruits that appear to be very ripe. For a fruit to be dried, it should be at least 50% ripe. If it is very ripe, all the nutrients may be lost since most of the juice will drip out.
Wash each ripe fruit and place in a clean container.
Cut using fruit cutter or knife. You can make all kinds of shapes with your cutter to suit the customer’s taste.
Place the shapes on a tray and take them to the dryer room buffed up with solar energy. Leave the trays in the solar-powered room (dryer room) for 30 minutes. Bananas will take about eight hours to dry on a sunny day, while pineapples may take 12 hours. But in moderate weather, it takes around 14 hours.
Store the dried fruits in a tightly sealed container to avoid any contamination. If these fruits are kept under air tight containers they may last for over a year. In loose containers, such as plastic containers or polythene bags, they can only last for a month.
First, know the fruit you want to dry and gather as much fruit as you may want. It could be mangoes, paw paws, pineapples, jackfruit or other fruits.
Remove the fruits that appear to be very ripe. For a fruit to be dried, it should be at least 50% ripe. If it is very ripe, all the nutrients may be lost since most of the juice will drip out.
Wash each ripe fruit and place in a clean container.
Cut using fruit cutter or knife. You can make all kinds of shapes with your cutter to suit the customer’s taste.
Place the shapes on a tray and take them to the dryer room buffed up with solar energy. Leave the trays in the solar-powered room (dryer room) for 30 minutes. Bananas will take about eight hours to dry on a sunny day, while pineapples may take 12 hours. But in moderate weather, it takes around 14 hours.
Store the dried fruits in a tightly sealed container to avoid any contamination. If these fruits are kept under air tight containers they may last for over a year. In loose containers, such as plastic containers or polythene bags, they can only last for a month.