Now in Kediri and starting a new position in Quality Control, I am learning how to make dried mangos.
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| These are Podang mangos! The green ones will be ready in a few days, but the yellow one is ready to eat (or be made into dried mango slices). On the right are Aru Manis mangos getting washed up before being peeled. |
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| Here's some shots of the peeling and slicing process. I've joined in a few times to get a feel for it, but I'm much slower than these ladies. |
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| After some blanching and osmotic dehydration, the mango slices are ready for the "oven"/dehydrater. The ladies are laying the slices out on trays to be put on racks that will dry in the oven for about half a day. |
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| Fresh from the oven! Not Grandma's cooking, but these dried mangos are tasty! After some inspection above, the ladies will remove them from the trays. |
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| Preparation for packaging |
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| Foto bersama (Photo together) The ladies with me and another co-worker in front of the oven. |
