Vandana Patil, member of a women's self-help group in Jalgaon, learned about vegetable dehydration in 2021. She set up a solar drying unit with a personal loan in 2022 and now dries moringa and curry leaves, beetroot, onions, tomatoes and other fresh veggies. The rural entrepreneur retails them at over ₹600 a kg, clocking ₹3 lakh monthly turnover.