Tuesday, December 22, 2015

CRUSHING SEEDS

            

After eating (and making rambutan syrup with F&N rose syrup -I recommend this- ) 46 rambutans, this is what we got; 46 seeds. Doesn't seem that much from here but trust us we took long to finish it.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6U_C-CsYtWULuYhjmHhTkGzSRres84m5cqptQf2IRWnrCncqy8wAoUHxj4k9P4XPsLpZ7hP58Filnp9V6nllrGn5-RWbiIY6t4ZRwn7bxkIH8O9Td1AMQRgKuoesCTyipaECiB_T
All the flesh on the rambutans were removed till the seed is left, bare naked.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lzDu4VoT3OaVjTuCHbIRg9Rm4Dy3VKvz_8q5B7yTEoIRAOEKRbCadC2EznFBUOBgbzFtXrUgUAuPki8BxFaJu57feM1nc0yWcAyxGpxcJXeeeuqWmxgF8dn9A7fHRU3gTYkJNUxN
Initially, we tried to use a mortar and pestle to grind the rambutan seeds into finer pieces. However, we realised it takes too long. Of course it does. Naeem's mom scolded us and said 'Do you want to do this till night?!'
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p90fTI1NT_lrGQdoazAi0TenRoMhLAe-wbnTsTRjKjIGXprGB0jx0TQql0j8_dpG8CLoLyPC9y9MClJiLe_k2G3lGftaYdrUZTx_gP0HSeNprnCdg6b3TOxalaedePrOj5fgjzs1
In the end, we employed the help of a wet blender and managed to use it to shred the rambutan seeds into finer pieces. It was noisy, shredding the seeds between the blades. This blender is supposedly used for food with very wet mediums.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wBCQBdNLgbfudt5dR05WxuZTaOlpCUvYjeJ567xe9ISbQgQBzcWbjLMib4C9XEnvuvpvSQj6FCQ9j7OhK6rLj3VaMWJ2ax38-mVPwv4GovJ7kmwaL3YBF9xu1jMZjNR-nNoTg3ua

1.4. The seeds were spread out evenly on the tray.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WWlJ_iP4dYen-56tdyQ1YFiefLpzfSALgB0UzuDLmXYwpyMJ8QE5V0M2yi6R1uQJBXenG6mfNMq1syL2_92NAAZcZwcNDOg7hOFdoEfMfiFFFiuBf9tlh0UbY5l3SI0qc7RQV47l

Then, the seeds were dried in an oven to remove moisture in the seeds at 1100C for 20 minutes.  
After drying, the total mass of seeds weigh 101.37g. The seeds smell nice. Baked seeds. Remember how even the rambutan seeds is beneficial? We should eat them. Wait, no we need to make biodiesel.



1 comment:

  1. How does it feel to start early? You are progressing based on the schedule. One input, do include the weight of the initial whole rambutan fruits (flesh, seed, peels) that you used to obtain the final dried seed.

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