Buay-dorng

Name (Thai)

บ๊วยดอง

Name (English)

Brine pickled Japanese plum

Local name

Kiam-buay-dorng

Product

Fruit

Ingredients

Japanese Apricots: Prunus mume (Buay). Salt.

Fermentation

1 month.

Storage life

4 months.

Microorganisms

該当なし

Not available

Properties

Brown fruit with a salty and sour taste.

Method

1. Wash mature Japanese apricots and boil for 5 minutes. Leave the boiled fruit to soak in the water until cool, then drain. Place the fruit in a clean glass jar. 2. Prepare 10% w/v salt solution by dissolving the salt in water and boiling. Strain and leave to cool. 3. Add the salt solution to the jar, weigh down the fruit to keep it submerged. Close the jar and leave the fruit under shade to ferment for 1 month.

Production

In home industry.

Consumption

1. Eat as a condiment. 2. Add sugar and crushed ice to make a drink.