How to make dried grapefruit peel

People usually throw away grapefruit peels, but in fact, the nutritional value of grapefruit peels is relatively high. You can dry the grapefruit peels and use them for food. It has the function of regulating the body, and it is very good in strengthening the stomach and digestion, preventing abdominal distension, etc. It also has certain effects in treating coughs and relieving asthma. The method of drying grapefruit peels is also relatively simple. You just need to remove the white part inside. Let's learn about it below.

How to make dried grapefruit peel

1. Clean the white part inside the pomelo, blanch it in a large amount of boiling water and then wash it with water. 2. Cut the washed pomelo peel into 1 cm long strips, put them into a pot, add water (to the same height as the pomelo peel) and 1.5 cups of fine sugar, and simmer over low heat. 3. Remove the astringent taste floating on the surface, cook together until the water is dry, spread on a plate and let cool. 4. Leave it for a few hours until the surface of the grapefruit peel is slightly dry, then sprinkle some fine sugar on it and you can eat it.

Grapefruit peel contains citral in essential oil, and can be used for bathing in water to help relieve shoulder pain; dried and hardened grapefruit peel can be placed in cupboards or rice jars to prevent insects; dried grapefruit peel can be lit on fire as a good tool to repel mosquitoes; dried and hardened grapefruit peel can be stored in a plastic bag with small holes, and can also be used as a spice to remove the smell of meat; grapefruit peel has hair care properties.

After being dried in the sun or in the shade, grapefruit peel can be used as a medicinal material. It is warm in nature, bitter and sweet in taste, non-toxic, and has the functions of resolving phlegm, digesting food, and lowering qi. Take two to three lines of decoction and take it to treat chest tightness, cold abdominal pain, cough, asthma, hernia, etc. When there is food stagnation in the stomach and indigestion, cut an appropriate amount of grapefruit peel into shreds and boil it with water, and drink it instead of tea. It can help digestion, stimulate appetite, courage, and make people comfortable. A small amount of grapefruit peel cut into shreds and steamed with chicken can treat cough and asthma in the elderly.

Six grams each of grapefruit peel and mugwort leaves, three grams of licorice, decocted in water and taken, can cure childhood asthma; nine grams of grapefruit peel, decocted in water and taken, can relieve vomiting during pregnancy; people who often catch colds, coughs, and have sensitive trachea can use a fresh grapefruit, peeled and pitted, and add one or two each of northern apricots, fritillaria, and unbleached snow fungus (or yellow fungus), add several bottles of honey (it is best to choose honey that can moisten the lungs and relieve cough), and stew it for a day. Regular consumption can strengthen the lungs; after cutting the fish, if you want to remove the fishy smell on the knife and cutting board, you can wipe it off with grapefruit peel; grapefruit peel can be dried in the sun or in the shade to become grapefruit tangerine peel, boiled in water and drunk as tea, which can whet the appetite, relieve sweat, and alleviate the early symptoms of a cold.