Down the mountain from our village through a beautiful alpine forest we came upon a factory that makes lapsi and ginger candy. The factory had about twenty women total working together in peeling, boiling and deseeding the fruits and ginger. The factory was set up with the help of the UNDP to empower women by giving an opportunity to earn income. Their children were climbing trees to harvest the lapsi fruits and helping their mothers make candy. The lapsi paste is baked in solar cookers and the whole process from growing to harvesting to bottling is done as environmentally sound as possible. They also pickle the lapsi seed turning it into a deliciously sweet addition to rice!
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