Sunflower, or rather, its seeds, you need to dry. Without drying, the seeds in their large mass first mold, and then begin to be covered with mold. In the future, it is no longer possible to make nebus, nor use them in the food in the fried form.
How to dry sunflower at home - preliminary preparation
Dry seeds in two ways - scattering or in inflorescences (heads).
- For the first way, cut the mature inflorescences. In the left hand, take the inflorescence, seeds "from myself." In the right hand, take a durable stick, a length of 30-cm and a diameter of 3-4 cm (you can use the rope for the test). Do you hit a stick on the surface of the inflorescence where there are no seeds. From the impact of the seeds will fly out of the inflorescences and fall to the ground. The place where the seeds fall, be stuck with a piece of polyethylene or any old piece of fabric (for example, sheets).
- For the second way, the inflorescence of the sunflower wrap the gauze chasses and tie them in such a way that the gauze does not slip. Marley will protect the inflorescence from the fact that the seeds do not opened the birds.
How to dry sunflower at home - under the canopy
The best way is the drying in natural conditions, i.e. on air. Spread up a large pieces of paper in a ventilated barn of the barn (old wallpaper or something like). You can check the drying place by any cloth (for example, bedspreads or old tablecloths). Smooth layer decompose the sunflower seeds on the fabric - a layer of not more than 1-2 cm. Dry sunflower 5-7 days. Each day seeds mix so that the bottom layer also knew well. When the seeds become lighter than when bookmark, it means that excess moisture left. Now you can spend sunflower in bags, and spread them on wooden pallets in the same ventilated shed.
If you are going to dry the seeds of sunflower in the heads, then you make them under a canopy or in a barn. Dry inflorescences longer - days 10 or 12.
How to dry sunflower at home in the oven
In the oven you will get to dry only a small amount of sunflower seeds. Put them with a layer of 0.5 cm on the sheet, and leave the sheet into the oven. Turn on the gas minimum, but keep the oven cover ajar. Dry seeds for 1 hour, mix them periodically.
How to dry sunflower at home in the microwave stove
Spread seeds on a flat dish. Put the dish in the microvel. Specify such parameters: Power: 400 W, time - 30 seconds. After this time, the seeds are mixed, and then set the same 30 seconds again. Dry sunflower in this way until it becomes light and dry to the touch.
As mentioned above, drying is needed so that the seeds of the sunflower do not raise with long-term storage and did not suffer. But drying does not replace the fry at all, at which seeds become fragrant and tasty. How to fry them for further use - look in a video clip.
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