摘要 |
Provided is a method for preparing a processed food which exhibits a substantially improved conveniences of package and circulation, and has a regular size and thus is easy to produce an industrial product, and can be produced irrespective of season. The method comprises the steps of (i) heating a vegetable selected from the group consisting of root and fruit vegetables and immersing the vegetable into sugar liquid, (ii) forming the immersed vegetable into paste, (iii) forming the paste into original forms of the vegetables, (iv) applying or coating a material containing vegetable having color similar to that of peel of original fruit, on surface of the formed product of the step(iii), and (v) drying the applied or coated product. The root vegetables are selected from the group consisting of sweet potato, potato, and carrot. The fruit vegetables are selected from the group consisting of pumpkin and red pepper. The heating step(i) comprises immersing the vegetable in water of 90-100 deg.C for 10-40 minutes. |