Choose fully mature pumpkin with orange flesh, wash, peel and remove seeds.

Step 2 slice

Cut the pumpkin into 5 mm thick circular slices, soak in water for half an hour and take it out;

3. Drying

String pumpkin slices evenly on a bamboo pole and dry them completely.

4. Steam in water

Steam the dried pumpkin slices in a steamer for 6 minutes, take them out, quickly cool them, and push them on a bamboo curtain until the water content is below 10%.

5. Pulping

Add a proper amount of water to a stainless steel pot and bring to a boil. Mix starch and water according to the ratio of (8 ~ 10): 100, then slowly pour into boiling water, and stir while cooking until it becomes paste.

6. Rubber compound

Put pumpkin slices into the slurry, evenly wrap them with a thin layer of slurry, and immediately spread them on a bamboo curtain for several days, or spread them on a drying tray and send them to the oven for baking. The temperature is controlled at 55~56℃, and after the surface slurry layer is dry and elastic, it is naturally cooled.