Pumpkin is rich in vitamins and pectin. Pectin has a good adsorption. It can stick and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body. It can also protect gastrointestinal mucosa from coarse food stimulation. Therefore, it is a set of food to protect the gastrointestinal tract. It's an old man. It's suitable for children. Although there are many benefits of pumpkin, my children don't like it, especially when it's just a dish on the table. Children who don't love vegetables are even more resistant to pumpkin. After repeated experiments, we finally found the way of pumpkin that the little Lord likes. For example, making pumpkin cake with glutinous rice and making pumpkin bread with flour. But compared with these, the most favorite way is this kind of small snack made purely of pumpkin. Dried pumpkin. It's super simple and convenient. Compared with those snacks full of additives in the supermarket, it's natural, safe, nutritious and reassuring for children.
Step1:Peel the pumpkin. The pumpkin skin is thicker. The part near the skin will be harder after drying. So I just use a knife to peel it. Don't worry about it. Remove the inside pulp and seeds. Full pumpkin seeds can be left. Stir fry is a healthy snack again. Then cut the pumpkin into chunks.
Step2:The shape of the cut can be adjusted according to your pumpkin. The principle is not to cut too thin. The shrinkage is serious after drying. If you cut too thin, the taste of the finished product will be hard.
Step3:The cut pumpkin is steamed in a pot for about ten minutes. It depends on the variety of pumpkin and the firepower of my own steamer. I tried to steam two different varieties together. One is just right. The other is too rotten. So. Time can not be too dead. For reference only.
Step4:Don't steam too bad. Even if you steam well, each piece is still complete. There is no cracking.
Step5:The steamed pumpkin is in good size. Put it on the screen to dry. There is no screen. The drying tools must also be breathable below. Otherwise, they will cover up. Try to cut as big as possible. Avoid drying some of them. Some of them are still wet.
Step6:The next day, steam the dried pumpkin again. It usually needs three steams and three sunscreens. The dried pumpkin is sweet and soft. The most obvious thing is that the sweetness increases after each re steaming. Sometimes the pumpkin used for making is sweet. I will steal a little lazy. Just steam it twice. Because it's sweet enough. The standard is that I think it's delicious.
Step7:The steamed pumpkin can be eaten immediately. The real pumpkin is pure and natural without any addition. It's the most reassuring for children. It's also very good to grind your teeth when watching the play. You can eat it if you don't pay attention.
Cooking tips:1. Before making, we need to watch the weather forecast to make sure that there is enough sunshine in the past two days. Of course, if you have drying equipment in your home, you can choose to ignore it willfully. 2. The pumpkin needed for this snack only needs the most common and cheapest big pumpkin on the market. There is no need for Japanese pumpkins, Beibei pumpkins and other special waxy flour. The texture of taifannuo is not suitable for drying. The taste is not good. 3. The shape of the cut can be adjusted according to your pumpkin. The principle is not to cut too thin. The shrinkage is serious after drying. If you cut too thin, the taste of the finished product will be hard. 4. Don't steam the pumpkin too bad. It's just that every piece of pumpkin is complete even if it's steamed well. There's no cracking. 5. The bought pumpkin can be put on the balcony for drying and reuse. It will be sweeter. Or storage for a period of time. Pumpkins are very resistant to storage. They are not easy to break. The sweeter they are, the better they are.