PROCESSING OF TURMERIC, CHIILIES AND GARLIC

by Tarsem Chand Department of Processing and Food Engg. P A U Ludhiana

TURMERIC PROCESSING
TURMERIC FINGERS

(100 kg)
(To remove soil etc.) (Rhizomes become soft, colour becomes uniform) (15-20 days in sun 25-30 hours at 60oC) (Yield 20-25 kg) (According to colour and size)

WASHING
Reduction of drying time More even colour distribution throughout the rhizome A more attractive (not wrinkled) product that is easier to polish Sterilisation of the rhizomes before drying.

BOILING (1HOUR)

DRYING (Up to 10% M.C.) POLISHING GRADING SIZING & GRINDING

PACKAGING

(In polythene / aluminum foil bags)

Machinery Required
Washer Cookers for boiling Mechanical /Solar dryer Abrasive Polishers Hammer Mill Packaging machine/ manual packaging
Total Cost of machinery: Power Rs. 10.00 lakhs 30 KW

Turmeric washing and polishing machine

Mechanical Dryer

Packaging machine

TURMERIC POLISHING

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Turmeric Processing plant at S. I.S. Randhawas Farm

Washer

System for boiling of Turmeric

Polisher

Polisher and grinder

Oleoresin
Turmeric extractives or oleoresins are obtained by solvent extraction of powedered or small pieces of rhizome.

Yield Solvent used Composition Uses products etc.

10-12%, orange/ red viscous liquid acetone, methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate etc. Curcuminoids (40-55%) Volatile oils (15-20%) As a natural food colorant in beverages, baked To impart flavour

RED CHILLI PROCESSING

FRESH RED CHILLI GRADING CHEMICAL TREATMENT 0.001% BHA 0.1% Gum acacia 1.0 refined oil 2.5% potassium carbonate (at 600C in mechanical dryer)

(100 kg)

DRYING (Up to 10% M.C.) Destalking GRINDING IN HAMMER MILL

about 20-22 kg

PACKAGING

(In aluminum foil bags)

Chilli Paste
Washing / destalking Wet grinding Filtration Maintenance of pH 4 by adding citric acid Boiling at 800C for 15 min Addition of preservative KMS (200 ppm) Bottling and sterilization

Equipments Required
Mechanical dryer or solar drying system Grinders (Preferably hammer mill) Tanks etc for chemical treatments etc. Packaging machines
Total cost of machinery may be Rs. 4-5 lakh

Garlic Processing
Manufacturing process of garlic powder
Sorting and grading

Bulb breaking

Drying

Removal of outer skin

Grinding

Packaging

List of machinery manufacturers

Shiva Engineers Patel Avenue, Plot No.165, F.No. 1, Right Bhusari Colony, Near Kothrud Depot, Paud Road, Pune - 411 038, M.S. INDIA Tel No.: +91 - 20 - 25284631 M/s. International Food Machinery Corporation Krishna Opp. Deep Bhavan, Pandit Nehru Marg, Jamnagar - 361 008 (Gujarat) M/s. The Master Mechanical Works Pvt. Ltd. 75, Link Road, Ist Floor, Adjacent to Moolchand Hospital, Lajpat Nagar - III, New Delhi - 110 024.

Cont.

M/s. Narangs Corporation P-25, Cannaught Place, (Below Madras Hotel), New Delhi - 110 001. M/s. B. Sen Barry and Co. 65/11, Rohtak Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi - 110 005. Troika Exports 6th Floor, Embassy centre, Nariman Point Mumbai-400021 Septu India Pvt. Ltd. 39 KM milestone, Delhi-Jaipur Highway, Gurgaon-122001 Cont.

SSP Private Limited 19-DLF Industrial Area, Phase-2 13/4 Mathura Road, Faridabad-121003 Kiran Engineering Works G. T. Road Batala (Punjab) Osaw Agro Pvt. Ltd. Ambala Bajaj Processpack Maschinen Pvt. Ltd. 7/27, Site-IV, Jai Laxmi Industrial Estate, Sahibabad Indl. Area Ghaziabad-201010

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