National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Finger millet is an important millet owing to its excellent storage properties and the nutritive value. So dehulling or pearling of finger millet is necessary to remove its outer layer to improve its flour quality. Pearling of this millet is quite difficult as its seed coat is bound tightly to the endosperm of the grain. Hydrothermal treatment can help to loosen the bonding and enhancing the pearling efficiency. Hence, studies were undertaken to see the effect of hydrothermal treatment parameters on pearling efficiency and also its optimization. Responses studied were the pearling efficiency and porosity. Optimum conditions estimated for steeping time, steaming time and drying (m.c.) were observed to be 8 h, 30 min and 10% respectively. The studies indicated that hydrothermal treatment could increase the pearling efficiency up to 87.8%.
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