1Department of Food Technology, SITE, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut
2Department of Agril Engg and Food Tech, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Ag and Tech, Meerut
Online published on 28 December, 2017.
Fenugreek is one of the oldest cultivated spice crops of the world and grown for its medicinal value and forage in India, Western Asia and Nile Valley since remote antiquity. It is found growing wild in parts of northern India and cultivated all over the subcontinent for its green leaves and seeds. Recent studies have shown that Fenugreek helps lower blood glucose and cholestrol levels, and may be an effective treatment for both type 1 and 2 diabetes. It is also being studied for its cardiovascular benefits. Investigations were also carried out to develop the process flow chart for dehydration and drying kinetics of Fenugreek leaves, optimization of process parameters with respect to dehydration ratio, rehydration ratio and sensory quality attributes of fenugreek leaves during its storage. The untreated samples of fenugreek were dried as control samples. The drying process was continued till the constant weight of the samples achieved The weight of the samples were recorded at an interval of 30 min till end of drying and corresponding moisture content was computed through mass balance.
-Fenugreek, Drying, Pretreatments and storage
