How to dry wolfberries

There are many ways to dry wolfberries, including special industrial dryers and ordinary drying methods. Here we mainly talk about the common drying methods.

Wolfberry is a common food in our lives and a tonic with relatively high nutritional value. It is often used to make soaked water, soup, etc. It has the effects of nourishing blood and beautifying, replenishing qi and invigorating qi. Especially those with weak body and anemia can drink wolfberry soaked water, which has a good therapeutic effect. However, the wolfberries you see on the market are all dried, which helps preserve them. So how do you dry fresh wolfberries?

1. Drying method

1. Mix the freshly picked wolfberries with alkaline water and spread them evenly on the wolfberry plate. Dry in a shady, ventilated place (preferably one day). After the wolfberries lose some of their moisture, move them to the sun for drying.

2. Choose a ventilated and flat place for exposure. The wolfberry plates should be placed individually, stacked up on cloudy and rainy days and every night, and covered with plastic film in time to prevent the wolfberries from getting damp. The plastic film should be removed in time after the weather clears and in the early morning of the next day to prevent the wolfberries from turning black due to high temperature. When the wolfberries are 70% to 80% dry, cover the plate in time.

3. To put the wolfberries in the plate on a hard surface that is sunny, ventilated and easy to clean (the roof of a bungalow is best). The buttoning should be done in the early morning. The night before closing the plate, do not cover the wolfberry plate with plastic film. Allow the wolfberries to absorb moisture in the plate overnight. This way, the wolfberries can be easily removed from the plate (if they are not allowed to absorb moisture, a large amount of wolfberries will stick to the window screen and will be difficult to remove). After sealing the plate, the wolfberries should be spread evenly.

4. After the wolfberries are dried, they should be packed into bags in time. Double-layer bags should be used. The time for bagging should be chosen at four or five o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, there is sufficient sunlight and relatively little humidity, so the wolfberries are not easy to get damp. After bagging, the bag mouth should be tied immediately.

This method is easy to use in spring and summer when there is plenty of sunlight and low air humidity.

2. Baking method

1. To make dried wolfberries by baking, you need to build a small baking room. Leave a vent on the top of the small baking room and install an exhaust fan. The windows should be nailed with plastic film. Hang a cotton curtain at the door, and leave a one-foot-high ventilation hole underneath the curtain. In the small baking room, use bamboo poles to build a rack to hold the wolfberry plates. There is a coal fire in the room, which is always kept at 60 to 70 degrees Celsius.

2. Mix the newly picked wolfberries with edible alkaline water, spread them evenly on the wolfberry plate, and place the wolfberry plate on the bottom layer of the rack in the small baking room. After the wolfberries lose some water, they will gradually move up.

3. After the wolfberries are dried, they should be placed on plates and packed in bags in time, otherwise the wolfberries will be "burned" due to the high temperature in the small baking room.