Department of Agricultural Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Online published on 31 August, 2018.
Attempts were made during present investigation to prepare gluten free vermicelli from pearl millet, along with green gram flour and Bael fruit mucilage powder as a binding agent. Addition of these two components increased nutritive value of vermicelli. The mucilage extraction and utilization was carried out by many scientists, mostly in pharmaceutical industries, because of its slimy appearance along with sugar and uronic acid contents, however, its use has not yet done in food industry, and hence, the use of mucilage in the preparation of extruded product is quite innovative.
Bael fruit, mucilage, isolation, properties, utilization
