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Definition
Fryums are small coloured flakes that come in circular and star shapes, made of rice, tapioca, potato flour they taste best when fried in oil and sprinkled with tangy chat masala or amchur
They make a delicious tea time snack when fried and served. powder.
Ingredients used: Legumes (green gram, black gram, Bengal gram, rice, millets, ragi and small millets, vegetables, ash gourd, whole gourd, ladies finger).
Types
Preparation methods:
In India many extruded fryums are prepared using rice and legumes. Generally flavored with cumin seeds and asafoetida.
- Rice flour is cooked with water, the gelatinized dough is passed through hand operated press in the form of noodles, chords, ribbons and dried in sun. the products remain stable for many months. They are fried in oil and give crisp texture. Fried products can remain stable for 1-2 months.
- Extruded foods are also prepared by making dough of rice and legume flour (black gram, green gram or Bengal gram flour) extruded in hand operated extruder.
- With advent of mechanized cooker extruders, extruded pellets are manufactured which need to be fried before use. Ready to eat expanded and spiced products are available in attractive packs.
Fryum extruders
It is a continuous cooking food extruders with special design of main machine, screws, barrels and die plates. It can manufacture 75 kg/hour and has 1 HP DC
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