Vol. 7 (6) : November-December 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (6) : 1491-1494 ; November-December, 2016
Value addition to little millet (Panicum miliare) flakes by chakramuni leaves (Sauropus androgynus)
KAVITA PATILa1* and BHARATI CHIMMADb2
aAll India Coordinated Research Project on Wheat and Barley,
bDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, Rural Home Science College, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Technical Asstt. *(kavita.kotagi@gmail.com), 2Professor
Subject : Food Science, Preservation & Processing, Protectants & Infestation and Post-harvest Technology
Paper No. : P-5595
Total Pages : 4
Received : 27 July 2016
Revised accepted : 12 November 2016
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Citation :
KAVITA PATIL and BHARATI CHIMMAD. 2016. Value addition to little millet (Panicum miliare) flakes by chakramuni leaves (Sauropus androgynus). Green Farming Vol. 7 (6) : 1491-1494 ; November-December, 2016
ABSTRACT
Little millet (Panicum miliare) is one of the nutritious minor millet. Chakramuni leaves (Sauropus androgunus) known as multivitamin leafy vegetable was blended with little millet at 15 per cent (fresh weight basis) to prepare nutrient enriched little millet Chakramuni leaves (MCL) flakes. Value added MCL flakes recorded relatively high (20.53 % high) protein content of 8.98 g per 100 g against control millet flakes (7.45 g/100g). Compared to control millet flakes (0.72%) value added MCL flakes (0.84%) recorded 16.67 per cent high total minerals. Addition of chakramuni leaves increased total dietary fiber content of MCL flakes by 20.75 per cent with an increase in insoluble dietary fiber content of 28.40 per cent. Among minerals MCL flakes exhibited higher contents of copper (0.36 mg %) and manganese (0.60 mg %). However, MCL flakes recorded reduced carbohydrate content by 11.57 per cent and energy, calcium and zinc by 8.1, 8.87 and 9.42 per cent, respectively compared to control millet flakes. It was noticed that palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids were the major fatty acids in the flakes. The value added flakes were acceptable organoleptically and exhibited a shelf life of three months. Whereas, the control millet flakes received better acceptability index (84.60) and were acceptable even after six months of storage period.
Key words :
Chakramuni leaves, Flakes, Little millet, Organoleptic evaluation, Ready to eat.