How to Clean Pumpkin Seeds - 2 Great Ways

The wide demand for pumpkin seeds is explained by their usefulness for the human body. According to doctors, for the prevention of certain diseases, pumpkin seeds can come in handy. Their composition is rich in proteins, fats and carbohydrates. A large amount of vitamin E, enough vitamins of group B, and also there are vitamins A, C, D and K. All the basic microelements contain seeds.

If you pay attention to cooking, then the pumpkin seeds are also used. They are used crushed in salads and sauces, whole grains for baking bread and confectionery. Seeds have pleasant taste characteristics, so they can be eaten without any combination. Children really like purified nucleoli in honey.

How to choose good seeds for cleaning?

The best option is to grow the pumpkin most, then collect its seeds. But if there is no land under the garden, those who live in the apartment, pumpkin seeds have to be taken in the market. In this case, attention should be paid to the following points.

• Seed should be well washed. To check this, just wet your fingers and feel them seeds. Poorly washed seeds will stick strongly to the hands. On the remains of the pulp, mold fungi easily settle, and storage of such grains is difficult.
• There should be no obvious smell. If it is, then, perhaps, the nuclei are amazed, have a bitter taste.
• Seeds that you are going to clean should be well dried. The raw husk is soft.

How to get raw peeled pumpkin kernels?

Raw pumpkin seeds are good for medicinal purposes. They are consumed in small amounts, only 10 grams per day. Therefore, cleaning the seeds with your hands will not be very difficult. If the material is needed for a family of several people, then the following method is used to speed up the process.

1. Cut the pumpkin in half and take out the seeds.
2. Seeds are cleaned from the pulp, washed with running water using a colander.
3. Allow to drain the water, then spread the seeds on a baking tray or an oilcloth laid with a single layer.
4. Periodically stirring, dry the seeds.
   

   Warning!

   Thermal treatments destroy useful elements in any products. Therefore, even for the preliminary drying of seeds, it is undesirable to use high temperatures. Ideal drying occurs near the heaters of the room in winter or in the sun in warm autumn. When drying in the oven, the temperature should be set to minimum, and the door ajar. The air in the oven should not burn the hand.

5. To clean the seed, it is taken for a thickened edge. Scissors in the direction of the spout are cut off areas where the sides of the peel are joined together. Cuts start from the middle of the seed.
6. Flip the seed with the cut part down and, gently pushing against the side walls, remove the core. In well-dried seeds, the core is easily peeled off the husk.

If pumpkin seeds are eaten without claiming a curative effect, they are fried, then the peel becomes fragile, easily exfoliates.

How to cleanse seeds in large quantities?

For cooking dishes, when preference is given to the taste qualities of pumpkin seeds, the methods of "mass cleaning" are used.

You can quickly release the kernels from the husks using the following technology.

1. Acquire a variety of pumpkin with large seeds or raw seeds. They look great in baking, and the kernels are more easily separated from the husk.
2. At the pumpkin, they cut off the bonnet( the place where the fetus connects to the stem), using a large metal spoon, take the seeds out.
3. They are rinsed in warm water and well-cleaned. All fibers must be removed. If there is no running water, you can soak the material in a large container, changing the water several times.
4. Seeds are laid out on a metal tray, oilcloth or parchment paper with a thin layer. They are allowed to dry out. It is undesirable to use ordinary paper for litter, the seeds can stick to it.
5. Use the usual rolling pin to roll out the layer in such a way as to break the shell without damaging the grain.
6. In a large-volume pan, fill a liter of water at a rate of 475 ml of unrefined seeds. The capacity is put on a gas stove for medium heat and bring the water to a boil.
7. The dried seeds are covered in a saucepan, covered with a lid, allow them to boil for 20 to 30 minutes. The length of the process depends on how quickly the bursted shells float up. Clean nuclei remain at the bottom of the tank.
8. When all the pumpkin seeds are cleaned, remove the husks with a spoon or a strainer and drain the water through a colander over the sink. Running water cool the seeds in a colander.
9. Seeds are dried by the same method. After that they are ready for use.

It should be noted that there are varieties of pumpkin, in which the seeds do not have a peel, they do not need to be cleaned. In the garden you can plant a few bushes of this pumpkin and provide yourself with pumpkin seeds in sufficient quantities. Pumpkin - grateful unpretentious plant.

We recommend that you read an article on how to dry pumpkin seeds