Drying Kamias for Future Use | PinoyEcoFarmer

Drying Kamias for Future Use

Apr 15

edbcleofegardening backyard tree, kamias 8 Comments

Kamias (Averrhoa bilimbi) is one of the most common backyard trees in the Philippines. They are easy to grow and needs virtually no care. The plump fruits come in bunches when in season. The tree is even regarded as having many medicinal uses.

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The sour fruit is mostly used for cooking. Most households use it as the souring ingredient in paksiw and is an integral part of sinaing na tulingan. I always liked the kamias with ginataang tambakol or tilapia (fish cooked in coconut milk) but sometimes this fruit is hard to find during the offseason.

Some entrepreneurial individuals though have figured a way to save them for later use. I chanced upon a couple who were drying kamias during my recent visit to Tanauan, Batangas along the lakeshore. The couple neatly arranged the fruits on used cartons and simply exposed directly under the sunlight to dry for about three days. It may be longer depending on the intensity of the sun. The couple sells the dried fruits in retail at about P10 per pack and they say that a kilo fetches a good sum pf P200. Not bad at all.

The craving for a delicious ginataang tambakol or tilapia with the dried kamias will have to come later. Yummy.

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Rick dela pena

greetings hope you can send me procedure on how to make kamias as vinegar…. sayang winawalis lang namin….. thank you for your informative articles. more power n God bless….

edbcleofe

hi rick, what we do is just squeeze the juice from the fruits and store it in glass bottles. i think there is a better way of making vinegar from kamias. i recently downloaded an ebook about vinegar. i will post or send it to you.

orange2010

hi, can you feed me more in processing of dried kamias. Is it just putting in the sunlight? how about packaging. We have lots of kamias in our bakyard and no one likes it. I’m from marikina, if i’m going to sell it, where or who will be my market? tnx

http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com edbcleofe

what we do is just to dry the kamias under the sun. it has to be consistently sunny for many days so as to prevent molds from developing. once dried, we pack them in clear plastics and seal them. we extract the kamias juice during the rainy season and use it as vinegar substitute. you may sell the dried kamias at your local market. we sold what we dried at P200 per kilo. it may be cheaper or more expensive depending on your area but nevertheless what you will get from the sales is reasonable enough considering that it would have been just a waste.

cristian gil

how long does kamias extract lives fresh? i need this for my thesis.,., thanks…

http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com edbcleofe

hi gil, I am not sure what you mean by kamias extract. Do you mean the juice? We sometimes use the juice as a souring ingredient in homecooking. We have stocks of it and I think they can last for a long time just like vinegar.

babes

hi,
i would like to know where i can buy dried kamias in manila…i need to send this to my uncle in Italy.
many thanks

http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com edbcleofe

hi babes,

you try the markets near your place. look for it at the vegetables section but if you can’t find any then we have fresh kamias at home. i can dry some for you. how much do you need?

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