Potato Can be Stored by Drying
Potato is the
world's fourth largest food crop - following maize, wheat and rice. Potato is
an important crop of the Rabi Season in Bangladesh, providing about 8.5 million
tons food supply in each year.
Potato can not be stored
at room temperature. Because, It will grow sprouts and will be no more edible. In general, farmers
keep their potato in the cold store. But irregular supply of electricity and
load-shading disrupts the storing process and potato start decaying.
This is the sad
story of Potato cultivation in Bangladesh.But, we can solve
the problem by applying a simple technology. Potato can be stored by drying and
the process needs only a few steps:
1.
Potato needs to be boiled and skin
should be removed after boiling
2.
Boiled potato should be mashed in to
paste or small fragments and sun dried up to 10 to 11 % of moisture level
3.
Sun dried potato fragments should be
kept in polythene bag or PET bottles in airtight condition
Dried potato
fragments with 10~11% moisture level can
be kept in polythene bags or PET bottles for round the year. Dried potato
fragments can be used in preparation of soups, cakes, curries and in other
relevant recipes.
Small entrepreneurs
can take the process as a business project. Here is the link for YouTube video, where you can see the whole process in step by step: