How to dry fresh pistachios in the sun

1. The first step in Iranian Pistachio drying fresh pistachios is to remove the green skin and more branches that are attached to the pistachios.

If the pistachio stays in the green husk around it for more than a week, it will tu black and produce the dangerous aflatoxin toxin, so remove the green husk around the pistachios as soon as possible.

Avoid eating pistachios that have a green skin around them and this blackness has been transferred to the woody skin around the pistachios.

Peeling the green skin around the pistachios one by one with the nails is hard work and can damage the nails, so do the following:

After removing the wet twigs that may be attached to the pistachios, fold the pistachios into a thick nylon so that about one-third of the space inside the nylon is filled with pistachios.

Close the nylon door so that no air remains inside the nylon.

Place the nylon on a flat surface and spread the pistachios inside the nylon, so that they are in a layer 3 to 4 cm thick.

Now gently pull a rolling pin on the pistachios inside the nylon to separate the skin around the pistachios with the applied pressure.

Open the nylon door and put the pistachios in a tray.

Put on gloves and peel the pistachios, and if there are still pistachios that have not been peeled, they are raw and should be discarded.

2. After removing the skin around the pistachios, pour them into a bowl of water and wash. After pouring the pistachios into the water container, the mouth-watering pistachios are placed on the water, which you can collect from the water.

Drain the washed pistachios until the excess water is completely drained, then spread them on a clean cotton cloth or tray and place in direct sunlight to dry.

4. Watch out for birds while drying pistachios in direct sunlight.

5. The moisture content of fresh pistachios is usually between 15 to 20%, which in the process of drying pistachios, this moisture should reach 5%.

In this case, pistachios are not prone to spoilage and spoilage and you can keep it for a longer time; Of course in a closed container and in a cool place.

Properly dried pistachios are crispy, so by testing them you can prevent the pistachios from drying out too much and hardening.