Candied Santol


Ingredients:

Santol
Sugar
Sodium hydroxide or lihiya (commercial flakes)

How to make candied santol

  • Wash fruits. Remove peel by putting fruits in 6 percent sodium hydroxide solution or lihiya (approximately 1 cup sodium hydroxide flakes in 3 liters of water) for 5 minutes.
  • Wash in cold water immediately to remove all traces of lihiya.
  • Place fruits under running water and scrape or brush off peel. Rinse fruits.
  • Blanch fruits in boiling water for 10 minutes. Cool in running water.
  • Slice into wedges and remove seeds.
  • For every cup of fruit, add 1 cup sugar. Mix them in a bowl and let stand overnight.
  • Remove liquid and scrape off sugar from fruit.
  • Spread fruit on wire trays and dry in a dryer or under the sun.
  • Pack in plastic bags or insect-proof containers.

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