Sun dried banana

Banana is a widely popular in Thailand, because all parts of bananas can be used. For example, banana tree trunk is used to feed pigs and to make floating basket during Loy Krathong festival. Banana leafs are used as rope. The fruit can be made into many kinds of dessert. Klauy-Tak is one of the products from bananas. In the past, villagers preserve bananas by peeling and drying the banana in sunlight. The word kluay-tak is probably derived from Thai word klauy-tak-hang, meaning "sun-dried banana". In Bang Kra Tum district, Phitsanulok province klauy-tak is a popular product because there is a special banana species named Ma-li-ong that is sweeter and solfter than from other places.] Kruy-tak is fragrant, sweet and the texture is soft. It is also popular overseas, For instance, Banana-society, the popular sun-dried banana brand exports the product to many countries in Asia.