Beans are on the market in summer and autumn, especially in autumn. If you can't finish eating at this time, you can sun-dry dried beans and store them for the winter. Dried beans taste good, too, but pay attention to the drying process. In the process of dehydration, dried beancurd must be dried when the weather is fine, otherwise the weather is bad and the dried beancurd will grow mildew, which will affect eating.

1, select the appropriate long bean (too old, stale, moth-eaten, rotten), remove the pedicel and wash it;

2. Boil the long beans in appropriate amount of boiling water for three to five minutes;

3. Take out the cooked long beans and let them cool (at this time, you can sprinkle salt or put them directly into the boiling water in the second step);

4. Hang up the long beans, and the weather is beautiful;

5. After one day, the long beans change color and move to a well-ventilated place to continue drying until they are dry;

6. After drying, tie it up and put it into a plastic bag for later use.

In the drying process, it should be noted that:

1, the long beans that need to be dried should not be too old, and the long beans that need to be cooked should not be dried;

2, dried long beans can omit the step of boiling water, but the taste is not as good as cooked;

3. Boil long beans with boiling water to avoid affecting the effect; The time should not be too long to reduce nutrient loss;

4. The long bean with salt has a long shelf life, but not too much;

5. Keep ventilation in the process of drying long beans to avoid deterioration;

6. The dried long beans are more delicious than the dried ones;

7. Dry long beans should be packed in plastic bags, and must be soaked in water before use, and hot water can be used.

Nutritional value of dried beans

Beans are rich in vitamin B, vitamin C and plant protein. These nutrients can calm people's minds, help regulate the digestive system and eliminate the feeling of fullness in the chest and diaphragm. Beans can prevent and treat acute gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhea. Beans also have the effects of quenching thirst, strengthening spleen, tonifying kidney, stopping diarrhea, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production.

Beans are leguminous vegetables, mainly lentils, sword beans, peas, cowpeas and so on. These leguminous vegetables contain more high-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids (good fats), and the contents of minerals and vitamins are higher than other vegetables. Beans also have very important medicinal value. Chinese medicine believes that leguminous vegetables are flat in nature and have the effect of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen, which is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.