Standardization of process for freeze drying of baby corn slices
Research Type
Departmental Research
Experiment Background
Baby corn (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops grown round the year in India (Singh et al., 2015).Baby corn is becoming popular in domestic and foreign markets and has enormous processing and export potential. Baby corn (also known as young corn, mini corn or candle corn) is the ear of maize (Zea mays L.) plant harvested young, when the silks have either not emerged or just emerged and no fertilization has taken place. An interesting recent development is of growing maize for vegetable purpose (Dass et al., 2008).
Currently, Thailand and China are the world leaders in baby corn production. In India, baby corn is being cultivated in Meghalaya, Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Baby corn is a delicious, decorative and nutritious vegetable, without cholesterol. It is a low caloric vegetable which is rich in protein, fibre,calcium, potassium, phosphorus and ascorbic acid. The entire miniature ear of baby corn is edible. Baby corn can be eaten raw or cooked. It is used in variety of traditional and continental dishes besides being canned. It is used as decorative, crispy vegetable in salad, soup, pickles, pakodas, vegetable biryani, mixed vegetable, pasta, chutney and other favorite dishes (Asaduzzaman et al., 2014).
Experiment Group
Horticulture
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Department
(218)Post Harvest Technology,ACHF, Navsari
BudgetHead
(329/12935/00)329/01/REG/00285
Objective
To standardize slice thickness for freeze drying of baby corn slices
To study effect of packaging material on quality of freeze dried baby corn slices during storage.