How to make wind-dried persimmons makes women hunt for the recipe
Beautiful wind-dried persimmons made in Da Lat are soft and fragrant on the outside, and juicy and thick like sugar on the inside, making anyone who enjoys them remember them forever...
Coming to Da Lat in the last month of the year, in addition to being fascinated by the typical specialties of this foggy land, "customers" can also witness with their own eyes the production process of clean, hygienic hanging persimmon vines by the locals.
Visiting a dried persimmon factory in Ward 10, Da Lat City, Lam Dong, we experienced and saw the dried persimmon production process at the factory.
Ms. Van - Owner of this facility said: "To make standard dried persimmons, we have to spend 20 - 30 days, depending on the weather, temperature and humidity."
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| Persimmons are peeled after being harvested from the garden. |
Ms. Van added that to have the best quality, the persimmons must be fresh and still on the tree so that when picked, they still have enough sugar.
After picking, the persimmons will be cleaned with clean water, the ears removed and the skin peeled, leaving only the stem. Next, the persimmons will be cleaned a second time and then placed on a tray in the oven to dry for about 3 hours. Finally, the persimmons will be hung up on strings.
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| The persimmons are hung on plastic lines to dry by wind. |
Currently, the facilities producing dried persimmons are mainly concentrated in Xuan Truong, Trai Mat, Ward 10, Da Lat... In particular, dried persimmons from Da Lat help increase the value and enrich the local specialty products.
It is known that to get 1 kg of dried persimmons, about 7 - 8 kg of fresh persimmons are needed, so the selling price is usually 2 - 3 times higher than traditional dried persimmons. Currently, dried persimmons have quite a high price, averaging about 400 - 450 thousand VND/kg depending on the time.
