The invention relates to a
processing and quality-keeping method capable of keeping the natural color of purple yam for a long time. The method includes: cleaning purple yam tubers to remove dust and
silt; using a knife or a bamboo
chip to peel the purple yam tubers;
cutting the peeled purple yam tubers into small pieces, cubes, slivers or slices;
blanching, to be more specific, allowing the
cut purple yam to pass a
blanching water tank or a steam chamber with a conveying belt so as to inhibit
enzyme activity and reduce microorganisms, wherein the temperature is kept at 90-100 DEG C and the
blanching time is 1-3 minutes; draining water and
mucilage attached to the purple yam;
fast freezing the drained purple yam under 35-40 DEG C for 5-15 minutes to allow the
internal temperature of the purple yam to reach 18 DEG C; then packaging the purple yam under 0-5 DEG C, and storing the purple yam under 18-25 DEG C. The
processing and quality-keeping method has the advantages that manners such as blanching and draining are used to eliminate the activity conditions of
enzyme and
fast freezing fixing and
cold storage are performed, so that the natural color and
nutrition of the purple yam can be kept for a long time, and the purple yam does not
change color and deteriorate in two years; the processed purple yam is delicious, sticky and tasty and refreshing after being cooked, and conditions are created for the large-scale development and utilization of the purple yam.