Volume 9, Issue 20, January - December 2023

Development and evaluation of barnyard millet dietary food for better nutrition

Vimalarani M^1♦, Gayathri Subaiah², Thenmozhi PG³, Nisha PR⁴

^1,2,4 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kattupakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
³ Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kundrakudi Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu, India

^♦Corresponding author
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kattupakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT

Millets are group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for both human food and fodder. It is gluten free and rich in calcium, fiber, protein and minerals. It has high nutritional values when compared with rice and wheat. Barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea) known as Kuthiraivali in Tamil which has six times high fibre content when compared with wheat. It is gluten free millet with high calcium, and phosphorous. It is a great food for people looking for weight loss, diabetic and cardiac patients. The millet had 10.5% protein 3.6% fat, 68.8% carbohydrate and 398 kcal/100 g energy. The total dietary fibre content was high (12.6%) including soluble (4.2%) and insoluble (8.4%) fractions. As health-conscious foods is gaining interest for the effective management of obesity and diabetes mellitus, efforts have been accelerated in this direction to bring into light various foods of high fibre content. Hence an attempt was made to develop barnyard millet-based value-added high fibre foods (Gruel a semisolid food). Trials were conducted by incorporating horse gram flour and soya flour at different levels to barnyard millet to develop plain and pulse gruel mix respectively and were evaluated organoleptically. The best accepted variations of plain and pulse gruel mix were evaluated for nutrient composition. The storage study was carried out to assess the shelf life of the prepared products. The products were also checked through quality control and packed in flexible pouches and can be stored upto six months.

Keywords: Barnyard Millet, fibre, gruel mix

Discovery Agriculture, 2023, 9, e1da1538

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v9i20.e1da1538

Published: 09 August 2023