The invention discloses a method for fixation and
softening of
areca nuts. The method comprises the following steps: A, taking fresh
areca nuts without surface impurities and only with fruits and pedicels; B, fixation of the taken
areca nuts: pouring green areca nuts which are cleaned in the step A in boiled
clean water in which the areca nuts can be completely immersed, and cooking the areca nuts for 20-30 minutes from the time when the
clean water of 100 DEG C added with the areca nuts reaches 100 DEG C again; C,
softening the areca nuts on which the fixation is performed: placing the fresh areca nuts processed in the step B in an enzymolysis solution of which the addition quantity of composite
enzyme is 0.1-0.5%, wherein the areca nuts need to be completely soaked in the enzymolysis solution, the composite
enzyme comprises
cellulose,
pectinase and hemicellulase in the compounding ratio of the
cellulose to the
pectinase to the hemicellulase being (0-5) : (5-10) : (0-5), placing a
beaker loaded with the areca nut enzymolysis solution in a water bath pot of which the
water temperature is 50-60 DEG C, performing enzymolysis for 0.1-2 hours, and taking out the areca nuts; and D, rinsing the areca nuts after the enzymolysis in
clean water. The method for fixation and
softening of the areca nuts, disclosed by the invention, has the characteristics of being good in fixation and softening effects, short in time consumption and low in cost.