Look-jan-teyt-dorng

Name (Thai)

ลูกจันทน์เทศน์ดอง

Name (English)

Brine pickled nutmeg fruits

Local name

Look-jan-dorng-waan

Product

Fruit

Ingredients

Nutmeg fruits: Myristica fragrans (Look-jan-teyt). Salt and sugar.

Fermentation

10 days

Storage life

1 month.

Microorganisms

該当なし

Not available

Properties

Solid with dark brown peel, pale brown flesh, and a sweet and salty taste.

Method

1. Wash nutmeg fruits and remove the seed. Cut the flesh into 4 parts or as desired. Slice each piece thinly but not all the way through (to increase the surface area for absorbing the salt and sugar). 2. Place the pieces of nutmeg in a clean jar or bowl and cover with 10% salt solution. Close the jar or bowl and leave under shade to ferment for 10 days. 3. Remove the fruit from the salt solution and soak in heavy syrup overnight.

Production

In home industry.

Consumption

Eat as a condiment.