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01 - As you guessed, yellow-flesh sweet potatoes are the main ingredient in the flour recipe.
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02 - Only the best yellow flesh sweet potatoes are selected for use in making flour.
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03 - Once the selection is done, the yellow flesh sweet potatoes are cleaned to remove any dirt in preparation for grating.
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04 - Grating of the yellow flesh sweet potatoes is done at Kinda Women's Group facility in Rangwe, Homa Bay county.
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05 - Yellow flesh sweet potatoes have a distinct orange colour that differentiates them from normal sweet potatoes.
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06 - After grating, the shavings are set either in a solar drier or to dry in the shade.
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07 - After a few hours of drying, the shavings are ready for the next step.
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08 - Milling of the yellow flesh sweet potatoes into flour is done at a nearby posho mill.
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09 - Ladies from Kinda Women's Group leave the posh mill with their sweet potato flour.
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10 - Once collected from the posho mill, the flour is kept in a cool dry store in one of the members' home.
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11 - Before baking orders for the day, the women measure out the required amount of orange flesh sweet potato flour.
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12 - At the bakery, the orange flesh sweet potato flour is mixed with wheat flour in a 1 : 2 ratio.
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13 - For the women at Kinda, baking isn't just work, its an enjoyable activity that puts food on their families tables.
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14 - To comply with the Bureau of Standards requirements, the kneaded dough is measured out to the exact weight.
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15 - Cakes, cookies and bread, all are prepared with the same professionalism.
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16 - When the bread dough is ready for baking, it is placed in baking tins before being put in the oven.
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17 - Cookies ready to face the fire.
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18 - The women from Kinda use a charcoal oven with a manual heat regulator when baking.
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19 - Bread baked with yellow flesh sweet potato flour is tastier and more nutritious than that prepared using wheat flour alone.
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20 - The cookies are crunchy and tasty!
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21 - Packed and ready to satisfy the hunger of hundreds of Homa Bay residents, thanks to Kinda Women's Group.
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22- Members of Kinda Women's Group outside their bakery and restaurant in Rangwe, Homa Bay County.