Ingredients:
1 kilo kondol or kundol (white melon gourd), soaked in
1 tbsp lime (apog) with
5 cups water
3 cups sugar and 3 cups water
2-3 cups sugar
How to make candied kondol:
- Pare kondol, cut crosswise then lengthwise. Remove pulp and seeds. Cut into desired sizes. Soak in lime solution 4 to 6 hours.
- Wash thoroughly. Blanch in boiling water 5 to 10 minutes or until transparent. Cool in running water.
- Boil 3 cups sugar and 3 cups water. Add kondol and boil 5 minutes. Let stand overnight. Drain syrup.
- Set aside kondol. Add 2 cups sugar to syrup and boil. Add kondol and let boil 5 to 10 minutes. Drain kondol, arrange in trays and dry. Serve or pack in tightly sealed plastics.
