Coarse grains and millets such as Maize,
Jower, Bajra, Ragi, etc., are generally used by the economically
weaker sections of the society especially in rural areas.
It is known that these cereals and millets contain the non-edible
fibrous husk/bran to the extent of 8-15%. By imparting minimal
refining, these grains can be made not only tasty but also
easily digestable without reducing much of the nutritional
factors.
To suit the cottage scale operation especially in a rural
environment, a simple minigrain mill has been designed and
developed by CFTRI. By this mill, not only the coarse grains,
but also wheat can be refined. In one single step the refined
oil and flour can be obtained from wheat/maize/jower/bajra/ragi
and other grains. In this mill, the simple chakki machine
has been modified suitably to have arrangements for water-mixing,
sieving and aspiration. The refined product obtained by this
mill can be used for the preparation of chapati, upmav, idli,
dosas, kesaribhath etc. Husk/bran and brokens are obtained
as by-products.
Estimated project cost:
Capacity of the unit : 250 kg/day
Building : 30 M2
Equipment : Rs.80,000
Working Capital (1 month) : Rs.40,000
Utilities per day:
Manpower : 3 Nos.
Power : 6 KW
Water : 1000 litres
For further information
please contact :
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Director (Administration)
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Panchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg
New Delhi -110049
Email: kkv@mofpi.delhi.nic.in
