Md Idris

Md Idris

India

Publications
  • Research Article
    New Makhana Processed Products for Health Benefit
    Author(s): Jana BR, Srivastava A and Md IdrisJana BR, Srivastava A and Md Idris

    Makhana or gorgon nut is an important non-cereal food from aquatic resources. People now a day’s preferred to protein-rich food in their eating habit for sound health as compared to carbohydrate-rich products. For our present study conducted at Research Centre on Makhana, Darbhanga, India during 2015-2016, we prepared makhana barfi and kalakand as sweets and makhana chapatti and makhana pakora as evening snack food from makhana flour and mixed flour. Makhana flour was prepared from drying of seed at 30-35°C for 42 hours followed by crushing and sieving. The water and oil absorption capacity of makhana flour were 6.39 g gel/g and 2.09 g gel/g, respectively whereas moisture content and bulk density of the flour were 9.15% and 696.74 kg/cm3, respectively. As the sugar content of the products were very less and having medium to high calorific value, it might be fitted.. View More»

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