Because cucurbitacin, trigonelline, pectin and other physiologically active substances in pumpkin can catalyze the decomposition of carcinogenic nitrosamines, accelerate the dissolution of kidney calculi and bladder stones, help eliminate excess cholesterol in human body and prevent arteriosclerosis. Pumpkin also has the functions of improving eyesight and treating asthma. Eating pumpkin regularly can prevent night blindness. Dried pumpkin is simple to make and convenient to eat.
The preparation method is as follows: aged pumpkin → processing → slicing → drying → cooking → drying → beating → sizing → drying → packaging → finished product.
I. Handling
Select cooked pumpkins with hard skin, long ripening period and orange-red flesh, wash them, cut them open, peel them, and remove seeds and pulp.
Second, slice
After treatment, the pumpkin was cut into round slices about 5 mm thick and soaked in water for 30 minutes.
Thirdly, drying.
String pumpkin slices evenly on a bamboo pole and dry them for about 5 days until they feel dry.
Fourth, cooking.
Put the sun-dried pumpkin slices into a steamer, steam for about 6 min, take them out, quickly cool them, and spread them on a bamboo curtain until the water content is 10%.
Next, stand by and watch.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) pulping
Put a certain amount of water in a stainless steel pot, boil it, and mix the starch and cold water evenly [the ratio of starch to water is (8 ~ 10.
): 100], then slowly pour it into boiling water and stir it while cooking until it is paste.
Six, sizing
Put the dried pumpkin slices into the slurry, evenly spread a thin layer of slurry, immediately spread them on a bamboo curtain and expose them to the sun for 65438±0d, or spread them on a drying tray and bake them in an oven, with the temperature controlled at 55 ~ 65℃, and then naturally cool them when the slurry on the surface is dry enough to be non-sticky and elastic.
Seven, packaging
The cooled pumpkin slices are dried pumpkins and packed in food plastic bags or plastic boxes.
Eight, finished products
Golden and translucent, sweet in taste, delicate and refreshing after eating, with certain toughness, cheap and good quality, and can be eaten for a long time.