Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Rajeswari R and Ramchandra Naik K

Abstract:
Millets have high nutritional qualities and produce well under marginal conditions but they are not used to the extent that is possible and are rich in minerals and vitamins compared to rice and wheat. Now-a-days, younger generation also facing the problems related to heart, diabetes, obesity and chronic disease along with anemia. Noticing there is a change in the consumption pattern which is including millets in the diet to overcome these chronic diseases and to eradicate anemia in adolescents, Instant multi millet khichdi have been developed which is enriched with iron and calcium. The study undertook batch process trials for process standardization viz., T1: Control (Mixed Millet Khichdi), T2: All Millets + dried fenugreek leaves, T3: All Millets+ wheat + Toordal + green gram + Bengal gram, T4: All Millets + wheat+Toor dal+green gram+Bengal gram + dried fenugreek leaves. Among the trails, T4 was found to good with respect to nutrients particularly protein (14.79%), Iron (108.32mg/kg) and Calcium (47.66mg/kg) as compared to other treatments. Also storage study for 3 months packed in laminated pouches showed acceptable under microbial study (0.3×10⁴). Overall acceptability was found to be good with respect to T4 stored in laminated pouches which showed average score of 8.41 as compared to khichdi stored in aluminum foil (8.20) and polyethylene bags (7.93).