How To Save Grapes For Long Period Without Fridge?

The best grapes in the world grow in Afghanistan, but they deteriorate quickly due to a lack of electricity and refrigerators. In the form of “Kangina”. Afghan civilization itself offers a solution to this problem. Clay is molded into a saucer-shaped round box in which the grapes remain fresh for six months.

It is an interesting journey for “Kangina”.  Afghanistan’s indigenous refrigerator, “Kangina”, is needed because grape lovers are willing to pay a high price during the off-season. Clay structure with grapes is covered with a lid and is made of clay with a plate-like structure. Next, it is dried. The dried product is kept in a cool, dry, dark place after drying.

Grapes need special attention. In it, whole clusters of grapes are kept and the broken grapes are separated, otherwise the broken grapes will rot and spoil other grapes as well. The “kangina” is then closed. This preserves the grapes for six months. When the rich have a taste for grapes after the end of the season, the labor of these farmers can be reaped.

The grapes are kept by a layer of hay and soil. By doing so, the clay plate or “kangina” is completely airtight, and oxidation does not occur due to the lack of air entering the vessel, and the fruit is protected and the taste of grapes is retained.

Afghan experts indicated that they remove the separated grapes one by one and then place the whole bunch of grapes in a pot, which can hold one kilogram of grapes at a time.

This is the whole method of Afghan’s people how to save grapes for long period without fridge?