Drying Mint Leaves at home
The mint plants are growing so well I have to keep cutting and drying them, and I now have opted for a bigger container: my dish drainer which I don't use often enough. And I have to start labelling them so that I don't get mint mixed up with basil, as they will lose their distinctive shapes when dried. Here's my little labelling stick: 2 small labelling stickers on a toothpick 😄 Last update: 15 Sep, 2017 Since replanting the mint , I've trimmed and pruned (and try to root more for planting again) a few times to try making the plant more bushy. Whilst I'm not planning to cook anything with mint at the moment and the amount of mint leaves I cut are not exactly enough to make mint sauce immediately, I'll have to preserve them by drying. The process may take up to a week or so, depending on the weather, but it's not a complicated one. I'm doing it 100% manually, as we do not have any high-tech equipment specially built for th...