1 Agro Processing Division, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal - 462038 (M.P.), India.
2 Soybean Processing and Utilization Centre, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal - 462038 (M.P.), India.
* E-mail: sukdev@ciae.mp.nic.in.
The possibility of improving the pulse milling efficiency and dal recovery was attempted by reducing the losses using different carborundum grade rollers (8, 16, 24, 32, 40) and pre-treatments (conventional, CIAE, millers practice) for three pulses - pigeon pea, chickpea and green gram. Moisture content of sample was kept at 9%(db) for milling studies using CIAE dal mill. The head dal recovery of 81% for pigeon pea and 79% for chick pea was obtained using 32 grade for roller and CIAE milling method and 81% for green gram using 40 grade for roller and millers practice method. The milling efficiency for pigeon pea, chickpea and green gram was found to be 83.16%, 81% and 88% respectively using millers practice.
