Process

Raw onions are collected from market at the most economic prices. The onions should be ripe, matured and are kept in storage. The storage rooms and STORAGE are airy, well ventilated, dry and at low temperature. The cold storage is kept at 0-40C and RH 50 – 55%. The onions are then cleaned. Spray washers are used for cleaning the onions. The cleaned onions are surface dried by hot air and then the onions are peeled. Abrasion peeling method is used for peeling the onions. The peeled onions are then sliced by rotating blade slicers. The sliced onions are then dried or dehydrated. Drying is done in tunnel drier.