Steps Involved In Cassava Processing.

Greetings Everyone.

On Friday 17-June-2022 I visited my farm to harvest cassava and process it into garri (cassava flakes), it was stressful indeed but I had to do it because it was a mandatory. A lot of steps are involved in the processing of cassava, and these steps includes all of the following:

Peeling.

At this stage the outer layer of the cassava tuber were removed so as to gain access to the cassava itself, one needs really sharp knives to get this done as it was difficult to do so with blunt knives. We peeled cassava for almost three hours as the cassava was much and we were not much.

Washing.

After the peels are removed, the cassava comes in contact with a lot of dirt ranging from sand from the hands that peeled off the the outer layer to where it was kept and therefore needs to be washed. This was done by my younger sister and after washing, the cassava was bagged up and transported to the grinder.

Grinding.

At this point the cassava that was earlier peeled is been crushed with the help of a machine to aid the process for the cassava cannot be processed without been crushed, at this point after it comes out of the machine you take it out and put it in a bag which is where it will be pressed or made dry.

Filtration.

Frying.

This is the final stage of cassava processing into garri (cassava flakes) after filtering out the garri and discarding the residue, at this stage you put the filtered garri in a pot over fire and allow it to heat while you keep moving it from one end of the pot to another to avoid burning. Turning Cassava into cassava flakes can be quite stressful.

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