Drying herbs is a long procedure; there are several ways you can dry them by setting them out in the sun, by air-drying them, hanging them and so many other ways.
Also, one needs to be careful of not loosing the flavor of these herbs.
Instead of facing so many hassles one can easily dry herbs in the microwave. This way the herbs get dried faster without loosing its flavor.
This is also useful when you are in need of dried herbs urgently and there is no time to sun-dry or air-dry them.
Here are steps on how you can do it.
Place the herbs in Parchment paper. This is a kind of paper that can be found in books, and manuscripts. Just tear a piece of paper from the book and use it.
Now set your timer for 10 seconds.
Place the herbs ( wrapped in the paper )in the microwave
Once removed, crumble the herbs and store in the jar.
This is how you get dried herbs easily. Also, this way is a great alternative on sunny, rainy and cold days. You need not go to the shop, just turn on your microwave pull out herbs from your garden an have them ready in no time.
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