ABSTRACT

In present time, gaining good health is a most difficult task for everyone. At present, intake of food prepared from the leaves has expanded, yet a lot of leaves of vegetables are wasted because of lack of knowledge and information. Cauliflower and beet plant greens are rich in iron and calcium and beta carotene but they are used as animal fodder. The study was conducted to utilize these leaves to formulate product which is rich in iron, other nutrition and inexpensive. Rice flakes were also used to increase the nutritional content of product. Rice vermicelli was prepared by using iron rich powder. Iron rich powder was obtained by mixing powder of beet greens and cauliflower greens in ratio of 50:50. Refined wheat flour was used. Sample A, sample B, sample C and sample D of rice vermicelli was prepared using refined wheat flour: rice flakes: iron rich powder in the ratio of 50:45:5, 50:40:10, 50:35:15 and 50:30:20. The sensory evaluations of all products were carried out by 10 panel members on the basis of taste, colour, texture, firmness, stickiness and overall acceptability. The sample A contains 5 g of iron rich powder was highly accepted by the panel members. The least accepted sample D contains 20 g of iron rich powder. The prepared rice vermicelli was cheap in price and loaded with nutrients like iron, calcium and dietary fiber. Rice vermicelli was used to prevent certain disease like hypertension, iron deficiency anemia, diabetes and shows therapeutic effects. Keywords: Rice vermicelli, Nutrition, Plant greens, Dietary fibers
Publication date: 25/01/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.2024