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- Name (Thai)
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ลูกปลิงดอง
- Name (English)
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Pickled bilimbi
- Local name
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Look-pling-dorng Dta-ling-pling-dorng
- Product
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Fruit
- Ingredients
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Mature bilimbi fruit: Averrhoea bilimbi (Look-pling, Dta-ling-pling). Sugar, nutmeg bark, clove bud, wine vinegar and water.
- Fermentation
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5-7 days.
- Storage life
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2-3 months.
- Microorganisms
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- Properties
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Yellowish green solid with sweet, sour and salty taste.
- Method
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1. Select large mature bilimbi fruits. Wash, remove the stems and place them in a container.
2. Mix 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of wine vinegar, 1 cup of water, 1 piece of nutmeg bark and 1 teaspoon of clove bud together and bring to the boil. Strain through cheese cloth.
3. Add the liquid to the fruits and boil for 3 minutes. Leave the mixture under shade to ferment for 5-7 days, making sure the fruits are submerged.
- Production
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In home industry.
- Consumption
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Eat as it is, or cut in half, remove the seed and sprinkle with sugar.