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How to slice dried gastrodia elata?

How to slice dried gastrodia elata? Dried gastrodia elata is a kind of medicinal material with great edible efficacy and medicinal value, so many families now cook it in some dishes. But the necessary problem of eating dried gastrodia elata is that it needs to be sliced. How to slice dried gastrodia elata? Next, I will introduce the slicing method of dried gastrodia elata.

1, the traditional cutting method: washing gastrodia elata, air drying, removing residual impurities, washing, moistening or steaming, slicing and air drying.

2. Modern research on slicing method: The traditional method of moistening and softening dried gastrodia elata has some shortcomings, such as long time and sticking knife, and the effect of "baking and softening" is ideal. That is, size grading, cleaning, fishing into a basket, draining water, baking at 70℃ (15℃) for 0.5- 1 hour, and slicing while softening. This method has the advantages of short production cycle, non-sticking and non-sticking, smooth single side and loss rate below 3%.