How to make dried cucumber

What is the method of making dried cucumber?

Cucumber is a common vegetable. The nutritional value of cucumber is very high. Cucumber is rich in vitamins. Regular consumption is good for health. Cucumber can not only be eaten directly, but also rich in nutrients. It is very popular. There are many ways to cook and eat cucumber. Cucumber can be made into dried cucumber for consumption. What is the method of making dried cucumber?

How to make dried cucumber

1. Dried cucumber salad

Ingredients: dried cucumber, peanuts, black fungus, chopped green onion, light soy sauce, appropriate amount of sugar, half a spoon of salt, and vinegar.

practice:

1. The most important thing is to soak for a long time. It really takes more than 8 hours, not necessarily 12 hours, but 4 hours is definitely not enough.

2. Fry a small bowl of peanuts and mix it with cucumber. It goes best with it. After frying, remove from the fryer and set aside.

3. Soak the autumn fungus in cold water, wash it, and blanch it. I tried blanching dried cucumbers, part of which was blanched in boiling water and part was simply soaked until soft. I found that it tastes better without blanching. It is crispy and not hard, but has a fresh and crispy texture.

4. Put all the ingredients into a large bowl, add seasonings and mix well.

2. Homemade Dried Cucumber

Ingredients: dried cucumber, salt, chili oil.

practice:

1. Soak the dried cucumber in water, rinse it and cut it into small pieces.

2. Place a pot on the fire, heat it, pour in appropriate amount of oil, add chili sauce in the cold oil and stir-fry until fragrant.

3. Pour the dried cucumber into the pot and stir-fry. Then add the chili sauce and a little water, simmer for a while and serve.

How to dry cucumbers

1. Wash the cucumber, drain it, cut it in half, and dig out the cucumber seeds. The thickness of the cucumber flesh should not exceed 0.5 cm. If some cucumbers have thick flesh, dig out more flesh. Also carefully clean the cucumber flesh at both ends and do not waste it.

2. Meat is still needed. But don’t make it too thick, so that the cucumber slices will be crisper. Sprinkle the processed cucumbers with appropriate amount of salt, a little more salt. Just rub it evenly until it’s salty. Cucumbers are out of water. Leave it overnight, the weather is quite hot. You can also bag and refrigerate overnight. Take out the cucumbers and dry them the next day, and continue drying them the next day.

3. The dried cucumbers that have been dried for two days can be put into a fresh-keeping bag and refrigerated. Just eat the right amount.

Edible value of dried cucumber

1. Lowering blood sugar: Glucoside and fructose contained in dried cucumbers do not participate in normal sugar metabolism. Therefore, when diabetics use dried cucumbers instead of starchy foods to satisfy their hunger, their blood sugar will not increase but may even decrease.

2. Lose weight and strengthen the body: The succinic acid contained in dried cucumbers can inhibit the conversion of sugars into fat. In addition, the cellulose in dried cucumbers plays a certain role in promoting the elimination of corrupt substances in the human intestine and lowering cholesterol, which can strengthen the body.

3. Nourish the brain and calm the mind: Dried cucumber contains vitamin B1, which is beneficial to improving the function of the brain and nervous system, can calm the mind and assist in the treatment of insomnia.

4. Anti-tumor: Cucurbitacin C contained in dried cucumber can enhance the body's immune function and achieve the anti-tumor purpose. In addition, this substance can also treat chronic hepatitis and persistent hepatitis, and prolong the survival of patients with primary liver cancer.

Taboos on eating dried cucumber

1. Suitable for patients with fever, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, edema, cancer, and alcoholics. And it is one of the preferred foods for diabetics.

2. However, people with weak spleen and stomach, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and cold lung and cough should eat less cucumber, because cucumber is cold in nature, and patients with cold stomach may easily suffer from abdominal pain and diarrhea after eating it.