Ma-nao-dorng

Name (Thai)

มะนาวดอง

Name (English)

Brine pickled lime

Local name

Ma-nao-dorng

Product

Fruit

Ingredients

Limes: Citrus aurantifolia (Ma-nao). Salt.

Fermentation

15 days.

Storage life

1 Year.

Microorganisms

該当なし

Not available

Properties

Solid brown fruit, salty and sour taste, pleasant aroma.

Method

1. Scrape the skin of the fresh limes (either green or yellow) to remove the oil-bearing cells which make the product bitter after fermentation. Steam at medium temperature until cooked, then place on a tray and sundry (a few days). Pack in a wide mouthed glass jar. 2. Dissolve 3 cups of salt (for 30 fruits) in water to make a very salty brine and boil. When cool cover the fruit. Close the jar and expose to sunlight everyday for 15 days to ferment, or until the solution is clear.

Production

In small scale industry.

Consumption

As an ingredient in many main dishes, especially certain kinds of soup.