How to make dried mulberry

Mulberries are known for being rich in nutrients such as vitamins and malic acid. They are deeply loved by people in daily life. In order to preserve them for a long time, they can be made into dried mulberries. There are many ways to make it, and they are all very simple. People can pick fresh mulberries, wash them, add water to boil them, and then dry them in the sun. The simple process can make delicious dried mulberries. Friends in need can learn it.

How to make dried mulberries

Ingredients

Main ingredients: fresh mulberries, appropriate amount of sugar

Methods/Steps

Step 1: Wash the fresh mulberries, cut off the stems and dry them.

Step 2: Put it into a clean large pot, add sugar, and simmer over medium-low heat. Stir frequently to prevent it from sticking to the pot. Don’t add water, because mulberries will produce a lot of water when boiled. In fact, just like making jam, this process will take a long time and you need to be patient.

Step 3: Mulberries will be boiled out during the boiling process, and you can use a sieve to scoop them out. This step is optional. In fact, mulberries are crunchy and delicious, so it doesn’t matter if you don’t scoop them out.

Step 4: When you feel that the juice has reduced a bit and become a bit thicker, and no longer as watery as at the beginning, you can take out the mulberries, squeeze out the juice, spread them flat on the baking tray, and use chopsticks to spread out the mulberries.

Step 5. Bake in the upper layer of the oven at 130 degrees for 50 to 70 minutes, depending on the amount of mulberries. Take them out and stir them several times during the process.

Step 6: Let it cool and then can it.

Kind tips:

1. The remaining mulberry juice can be drunk directly, or continue to dry it over low heat until it becomes a consistency like jam. Let it cool and bottle it. You can spread it on bread or add it to yogurt. It tastes delicious!

2. You can increase or decrease the amount of sugar yourself. I think this ratio is sweet enough, but some people don’t think it’s sweet enough. Anyway, you can try it while cooking, or sprinkle some fine sugar after baking, and it will become snowflake mulberry, which is also good.

Nutritional value of mulberries (dried)

Mulberry juice is as thick as honey, sweet, sour and fragrant, and rich in nutrients, so mulberries are also called "folk holy fruit". Mulberries are sweet in taste and cold in nature. They have the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, nourishing the liver and kidneys, nourishing yin and blood, improving eyesight and calming the mind, blackening hair, benefiting joints, and sobering up. Mulberries are rich in active proteins, vitamins, amino acids, carotene, minerals, glucose, sucrose, fructose, tannins, malic acid, calcium, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, niacin and other ingredients. Their nutritional value is 5 to 6 times that of apples and 4 times that of grapes.

Edible effects of mulberries (dried)

1. Strengthen the spleen and stomach and aid digestion

Mulberries contain nutrients such as tannic acid, fatty acids, malic acid, etc., which can promote the digestion of fat, protein and starch. Therefore, they have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach and aiding digestion. They can be used to treat diarrhea caused by indigestion.

2. Black hair beauty

In addition to containing a large amount of nutrients needed by the human body, mulberries also contain hair blackening factors that can make hair black and shiny, so they can be used for beauty.

3. Prevent vascular sclerosis

Mulberries contain tannic acid, malic acid, vitamin C and fatty acids. The fatty acids contained therein are mainly linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, linolenic acid, etc. In addition, mulberries are rich in resveratrol. Resveratrol is an effective antioxidant that can inhibit the lipid peroxidation of low-density lipoprotein and prevent the cytotoxins produced by the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein, thereby protecting cells from lipid peroxidation. Resveratrol can also reduce platelet aggregation, thereby preventing arteriosclerosis.

4. Anti-cancer

Mulberries contain a large amount of rutin, which can prevent the formation of colon cancer, cool blood and stop bleeding, clear the liver and reduce fire, and has anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects. Therefore, eating mulberries regularly can also help prevent and treat cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, retinal hemorrhage, chronic bronchitis, etc.

5. Improve eyesight

Eating mulberries regularly can improve eyesight and relieve symptoms of eye fatigue and dryness.

6. Anti-aging

Mulberries are a good fruit and medicine for middle-aged and elderly people to keep fit, beautify their skin and resist aging.

Taboos on eating dried mulberries

1. People with weak constitution and loose stools should not eat mulberries. Diabetic patients should avoid eating mulberries. Children should not eat them in large quantities.