Monday, August 22, 2011

How to dry herbs using microwave oven

Fresh herbs like fenugreek, mint, basil, rosemary, sage, thyme etc can be easily dried in a microwave, that too with perfection. Dried herbs can be stored in refrigerator for a longer time as compared to fresh herbs and thus one can use it whenever they want for flavoring foods. There are two advantages of drying herbs in microwave:

1. The fresh herbs when dried in microwave are known to retain the color.

2. The fresh herbs when dried in microwave are known to be more hygienic as compared to readily available dried herbs.

So here's how to dry herbs in microwave effortlessly:

Wash the required herb very well and leave the leaves to drain for some time. See that you allow the leaves to dry as much as possible in natural way.

Now divide the leaves in small batches and place each in the microwave oven for 8 - 10 minutes at HIGH or 100% power.

It should take 10 minutes for 100 gm fresh herbs for drying in a microwave oven.

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