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IMPROVEMENT PERTAINING TO
SMALL MILLET PROCESSING
N. G. MALLESHI
Former Director Grade Scientist,
and
Head, Department of Grain Science and Technology
Central Food Technological Research Institute,
Mysore
malleshi@yahoo.com
09449069540
SIZE (1000 Kernel wt) AND SHAPE
FOXTAIL MILTET
SORGHUM (Navane) (2 – 4g)
(JOWAR)
(10-30g)
LITTLE MILLET
(Saame) (1.5 – 3g)
BROWNTOP
(Korale) (2- 4g)
MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES
PRE-PROCESSING
• Cleaning, Aspiration,
Destoning, Grading,
• Degluming or
surface scoring,
• Fumigation
• Bulk Storage
(CPA –cyclopiazonic acid)
MILLING
MILLING
SMALL MILLETS MILLS DEVELOPED
INSTITUTIONS MACHINERY
1. CFTRI MYSURU MANUFACTURERS
2. CIPHET Ludhiana 1. M/s Victor machinery
3. CIAE BHOPAL manufacturer at Salem
4. TNAU COIMBTORE 2. AVM machinery
manufacturer at Salem
5. UAS BANGALURU
3. M/s. Waltech
6. VPKAS ALMORA Corporation, Dharwad
7. UAS Dharwad 4. M/S Vijay Industries,
8. IIMR HYDERAABAD Haveri
9. McGILL UNIV CANANDA 5. Bhavani Industries, SR
10. Dhan Foundation Patna
FINGER MILLET
Pulverising in
Disc/Hammer mills Incipient moist conditioning Roller milling
Aspiration
Seed coat
Debranning/ Polishing
BRAN
De-bran
Fully milled millet
(Ready - to- cook or ready for further processing to prepare
value added products )
FLAKES
Multi-grain flakes
– MUESLI
BREAKFAST CEREALS (FLAKES,PILLOWS,
RINGS etc.)
Flour
• International
Equilibrate to 25% Markets
moisture • High Value
Extrusion Products
Granulation
Flaking
Drying
Blistering
Coating
Breakfast cereals
EXTRUSION COOKING
Native Grains POPPING
Equilibrate
(16% moisture)
HTST
Popped
grains
• Low cost Snacks &
Supplementary foods
• Hurihittu, Sattu, • in the case of Small millets,
The husk automatically gets
• Potential ingredients
detached from the popped
for nutrition
programmes grain
EXPANDED CEREALS
SORGHUM
Deserves
NATIVE Attention of
MILLET NATIVE
PARBOILED COOKED
PARBOILED
COOKED
millet
MILLET
Steeping
Germination
Drying
Kilning
Malt
• Nutritional
Up-gradation
• Enrichment with
enzymes
VERMICELLI /SAVIA
Good market
potential - health
benefits - high DF
and non-gluten
nature and cost Samai noodles
benefits
THANKS