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Dried bitter melon is dried with a cold dryer to help preserve it for a long time, which acts as an extremely useful remedy such as clearing body heat, reducing pimples, anti-aging and can be used to Daily skin care.
In this article, let’s learn with SUNSAY Vietnam what is special about bitter melon drying technology and why is it so popular?
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What is bitter melon? Why is it necessary to dry bitter melon?
Bitter gourd has cool properties and is considered a folk remedy
Bitter melon is a fruit used to make delicious dishes, as well as a medicine. Currently, to preserve bitter melon, people often dry it by drying in the sun, drying with charcoal, drying with a hot dryer, or a cold dryer.
With the manual method of drying in the sun, it is both cost-effective, easy to implement as well as achieving the desired dryness of bitter melon, but it is quite inconvenient because it depends on the weather, as well as does not guarantee the cleanliness.
With the way of drying with charcoal, bitter melon after drying will have a smoky smell, not meeting the required quality.
If you use a hot dryer, it will not keep the natural green color.
Therefore, if you want the finished product to achieve the highest aesthetics, it is recommended to apply the freeze-drying method with a cold dryer when drying fresh bitter melon.
What is the Freeze Method?
Freeze drying is an advanced drying technology applied from countries with developed agriculture such as the UK, the US, and Japan.
Freeze-drying with dry air at a lower temperature than normal. Conventional refrigeration dryers will be composed of a heat pump placed in a drying cabinet or a drying tunnel depending on the size. The heat pump has a hot end and a cold end, the hot end is used to blow dry air through the drying agent, and the cold end is used to separate moisture for the air.
Freeze drying technology is suitable for products that need to be dried at low temperatures, helping to preserve the properties and characteristics of products such as medicinal herbs, nuts, vegetables, degradable vitamins, etc.
When freezing bitter melon with a cold dryer, at a temperature of 30 – 50 degrees Celsius, the air in the drying chamber is dehumidified before entering the drying chamber, and water vapor is condensed in the cold chamber.
Therefore, the amount of water in the bitter melon will be amplified to help the bitter melon dry naturally, the green color will not be changed, the shape of the slice of bitter melon will remain the same, and the content of the nutritional value inside will not change.
Uses of dried bitter melon
The ingredients in bitter melon are quite diverse such as alkaloids, saponins, charatin, adenine, vitamin B1, vitamin C, carotene, bitter substances, calcium, magnesium, iron,….
Dried bitter melon can be used to prepare stir-fried dishes, cooked or mixed with water for daily drinking or combined with other oriental medicines to cure diseases.
Dried bitter melon has the following health effects:
- Good for people with type II diabetes
Dried bitter melon reduces blood sugar through the effect of increasing glucose metabolism
- Prevent kidney stones
Dried bitter melon can break down stones, help the body eliminate through urine, because it reduces the concentration of acid in the urine, relieves pain caused by kidney stones.
- Good for the heart
With an abundant amount of vitamin C, anti-free radicals – the cause of aging, freeze-dried bitter melon helps prevent cardiovascular diseases and strokes.
- Cure gout
- Dried bitter melon helps to remove uric acid – the cause of Gout.
- Helps to sleep deeper and better
Dried bitter melon is considered as a sedative, helping the spirit to always be clear, refreshed, and the body always flexible and supple. Using freeze-dried bitter melon helps to eat better, sleep better and deeper.
- Improve skin problems
Dried bitter melon contains oxidizing ingredients, vitamin C has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, treating pimples on the skin, making the skin rosy, brighter and healthier.
Dried bitter melon – keep the green color more beautiful with SUNSAY Vietnam’s freeze dryer
SUNSAY’s freeze dryers are used to freeze food and fresh fruits
SUNSAY’s freeze dryers apply cold drying technology according to European standards, ensuring moderate drying performance to keep the original structure and properties of the product. Bitter melon when dried by equipment of SUNSAY Vietnam always ensures bright color, natural aroma of fresh bitter melon.
- Shape and color remain unchanged
- Nutrient content is preserved
- Quick drying time thanks to the convection and closed drying chamber
- Prevent the contact of bacteria, dirt from the outside environment
- Long time of use, no mold due to emptying the water inside
SUNSAY Vietnam Refrigeration Dryer is meticulously designed by the technical team in every detail, assembled materials from Europe, so it ensures durability and continuous working capacity.
SUNSAY Vietnam refrigeration dryer also has a variety of drying applications:
- Drying soft, high-sugar fruits: mango, banana, jackfruit, freeze-dried dragon fruit, raspberry, grape, avocado, etc.
- Drying vegetables such as carrots, beets, cabbage, kohlrabi, beets, etc.
- Dried seafood: squid, fish, shrimp, …
- Drying medicinal herbs : mushrooms, medicinal plants, cordyceps, Ganoderma lucidum, turmeric starch
- Drying nuts: corn, peas, black beans, cashews, …
Process of making dried bitter melon
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In addition to refrigeration dryers, SUNSAY Vietnam also provides other types of dryers such as: sublimation dryers, heat dryers, rice dryers, and horizontal dryers,…
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