that the rehydration ratio of pumpkin samples is increasing with the decrease of temperature and microwave power (hot air drying – 79.81 ± 0.3% at 70 C, 88.97 ± 0.3% at 60 C, 92.92 ± 0.3% at 50 C, combined method – 77.68% at 315 W, 85.44% at 210 W, 87.05% at 105 W).