Different Types of Pulses/Lentils

Pulses, meaning Dals in Hindi comes in different types, each having their own advantages (and disadvantages). The special properties of Dals make it a staple diet across the Indian sub-continent. The most common food combination is Rice & Dal or Chapatti & Dal.

Pulses, meaning Dals in Hindi comes in different types, each having their own advantages (and disadvantages). The special properties of Dals make it a staple diet across the Indian sub-continent. The most common food combination is Rice & Dal or Chapatti & Dal.

Moong Dal – It is the most common Dal found in our homes, they are yellow in color but only after they have been skinned from the original green color. Both are eatable, in fact the greener one has more vitamins. Easy to cook & digest, it has rich iron & potassium content.

Arhar/Tur Dal – A beige lentil with yellow insides, chances are this is pigeon pea. It’s the most popular Dal in India. It has huge fiber components that help in bowel movements.

Chana Dal – Also called split Bengal gram, it has a nutty flavor. Its adaptability makes it easy to cook with varieties of vegetables. If diabetes bites you, this will bite diabetes with rich minerals like copper & manganese.

Masoor Dal – Also Known as red lentils, it comes in two varieties: black (non-split) and red (split). It does not need soaking before cooking as it’s very soft. A Masoor Dal recipe with butter-top garnish & Chapatti is a delicious & healthy meal to eat.

Urad Dal – Having the richest concentration of proteins & Vitamin B, it has two variants: white (husked) and black. It is served well with Naans. The creamy white version has a milder flavor than its black counterpart.

Lobiya Dal – Cowpea as it is known in English is black-eyed peas due to a black colored dot at its center. It’s rich in proteins & zinc. They are famous for making curries, papads, fritter etc.

Matar – This is a whole dried pea which is a prominent ingredient in many Indian street foods like Chaat, Sevpuri etc. It has a mouth-watering taste with the right combination of products.

Kidney Beans – Kidney shaped with strong earthy flavor & a silky texture it’s eaten as a curry. The famous Rajma Chawal comes to mind, doesn’t it? Don’t forget to pre-soak and boil for 30 minutes to ensure a safe diet.

Chickpeas – This is of three variants: Chana (brown), Chhole (white), Cholia (green).

It is consumed post boiling after which it becomes soft as ever. It can be eaten as an evening snack with a garnish of onions, chilies, tomatoes, fresh coriander and lemons which taste as well as smell delicious! Also, one can enjoy Chhole Chawal (Rice & Chhole curry).

Hope this has helped you differentiate & understand the different types of Pulses. Stay tuned to get more updates & learn about this staple and special (for us Indians) diet.

 

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Cancer Prevention, Boosting Immunity & More With Brown Rice

Our Blogger/ Writer has mentioned brown rice in several blog posts/ articles, including the one on the process of rice milling, published on EzineArticles.com . Brown rice is produced as a result of husking/ de-hulling stage of paddy milling, where the tough outer coating of rice grains, the husk is stripped off using friction.

Our Blogger/ Writer has mentioned brown rice in several blog posts/ articles, including the one on the process of rice milling, published on EzineArticles.com . Brown rice are produced as a result of husking/ de-hulling stage of paddy milling, where the tough outer coating of rice grains, the husk is stripped off using friction.


  A lot has been talked about brown rice, including the fact that it is very healthy. But what exactly are these health benefits of brown rice? Let’s discuss them in this blog post.

  1. Consuming white rice means giving up on 100% of fibre & essential fatty acids, 90% of Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), 80% of Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), 67% of Vitamin B3 (Niacin) , 60% of iron and 50% of phosphorus and manganese each.
  2. You’ll be surprised, but brown rice even fights cancer! The high amount of dietary fibre in brown rice clings to the cancer-causing chemicals in the body, and eliminates them, thus reducing the risk of colon cancer. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, as per the 2012 stats by the World Cancer Research Fund International.
  3. Replacing polished white rice with brown rice reduces your risk of developing diabetes by 16%. Consuming half a cup of brown rice every day may reduce your risk of developing diabetes by 60%. The reason brown rice stabilizes blood sugar is because it releases sugar slowly, unlike its white counterpart.
  4. When people think of antioxidants, they usually think of berries, fresh fruits and red wine. Not many know that brown rice is high in antioxidants too. Antioxidants prevent cancer.
  5. Selenium is a mineral that is required for good immunity and fertility in both men and women. Liver of lamb, oysters and tuna are good sources, but for vegetarians, brown rice is one of the best ones. Selenium prevents cancer, heart disease and arthritis.

    To be continued…

Wild Rice Harvest By Chippewa – Permit Torn To Shreds

The Minnesota DNR (Department of Natural Resources) has issued a surprise one day legal permit to Chippewa. The license allows individuals to harvest wild rice without having a state wild rice harvesting license. The 1855 authority’s intention was to harvest wild rice at Hole-in-the-box Day Lake in remembrance of Chief-Hole-in-the-Day.

The Minnesota DNR (Department of Natural Resources) has issued a surprise one day legal permit to Chippewa. The license allows individuals to harvest wild rice without having a state wild rice harvesting license. The 1855 authority’s intention was to harvest wild rice at Hole-in-the-box Day Lake in remembrance of Chief-Hole-in-the-Day. This was to bring attention to the treaty of 1855 and clean water issues. The DNR has prevented a court battle by doing so.

For those unaware, the treaty with the Chippewa, also known as the treaty of Washington, was conducted between the United States and the Pillager and Mississippi Chippewas. The Chippewas are a historic band that settled at the headwaters of the Mississippi River, in the present day state of Minnesota.

The DNR commissioner is allowed to issue such permits for educational purposes.
In a dramatic turn of events though, the Authority Chair LaRose tore the permit into shreds in front of news channel cameras, unimpressed by the “permission slip”.

 

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Who Are We In A Nutshell

We are not going to waste your time tonight giving a brief on how important a crop paddy is. Or how important rice is in the Indian subcontinent. Instead, we are going to cut the chase and talk about who we are, and what do we do.

Rice Milling is a combination of processes that starts with pre-cleaning, when impure paddy arrives from the field to the rice mill, and ends with the weighing and packing of the whitened, polished, blended rice. Rice without milling, cannot be consumed. Even if you eat brown rice, the paddy needs to be pre-cleaned, de-stoned and husked. We offer solutions for the setting up of rice milling plants. But that is not it, as a company promoted by two industry veterans, we also possess extensive knowledge of flour milling, bulk storage and silos and Spices Cleaning & Grading.

Pulses are a major component of Indian cuisine because a majority of our country’s people are vegetarian, and lentils form a great source of protein. Since they are economic, and offer so much variety, they can be cooked pretty much on an everyday basis. Since different dals have different characteristics, the processes of milling are different.

Indian food is incomplete without spices. A lot of spices are sold in our domestic markets, and a lot of them are exported. We help you with spice cleaning, grading and sorting.

That was about us – in a nutshell. We highly recommend you to go through our services page to know about us more. We highly recommend you to drop a query in the Contact Us section and avail our highly professional services.

 

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Chinese Fake Rice: Everything You Need To Know

Ladies and Gentlemen, shocking (And scary, if I may add!) videos on the internet show “fake rice” from China, that have allegedly entered the Indian, Filipino, Indonesian, Malaysian and Vietnamese markets. The scarily real-looking Grains of Rice are made of potatoes, sweet potatoes and plastic. However, the rice remains hard even when cooked. It starts looking like Styrofoam when cold, and sticks into clumps. A consumer from Philippines claims that it rice does not spoil for as long as 3 weeks upon cooking! And, water comes out of it, when you squeeze it.

Some of these shocking videos show a plastic-like layer appearing on top of water when the rice is cooked. Dry the layer, and it burns like plastic indeed.

Worse is this synthetic rice being mixed with the real ones – one can only imagine how difficult it must be for the consumer to figure out that it’s adulterated.

There were reports of this synthetic rice being sold in Kerala, but they have been trashed by the state government.

 

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Latest Technology in Flour Milling Machines

Top-quality flour provides the basis for making high-quality foods. In order to transform grain into flour of unsurpassed quality, specially designed plant and equipment is needed in addition to the knowledge of the relevant process stages.

Cleaning Action

The raw grain supplied to grain mills will typically contain impurities. Before processing, foreign seeds and contaminants that have entered the grain on the field as well as during harvesting, transportation and storage must be removed. Careful separation of the impurities will ensure a high quality of the end products. The reduction of the mineral content will have an impact on the taste and odor of the product. Moreover, it allows wear to be reduced and the service life of machinery to be extended.

Efficient Grain Cleaning Solutions –
Separator Classifier
Combi-cleaner
De-stoner
Automatic moisture controller
DC Peeler
Scourer
Efficient cleaning — top-class flour results

Separating efficiency
Coarse, low-density, and high-density impurities are removed from the grain stream with high efficiency and accuracy. This lays the basis for obtaining a high-quality, top-class product.

Revolutionized sorting
Sortex checks the purity of the input product with exceptional accuracy. Within fractions of a second, foreign material is detected and removed.

Surface cleaning
This microscopic magnification shows sand grains and other contaminants on the wheat surface. Gentle dehulling enables these impurities to be removed from the grain surface.

Smart User Interface
Intelligent user guidance in conjunction with a user-friendly software allows the cleaning machines to be operated with ease as well as optimal machine settings.

Milling

With its Antares roller mill, one can set the standards in grain milling. Whether for corn (maize), soft wheat, durum, rye, barley or malt – Antares is the ideal roller mill for all varieties of grain. The new Antares roller mill satisfies the rigorous requirements of the modern grain milling industry in terms of economy, user-friendliness, maintenance, and sanitation.
– Perfect milling
– Top sanitation
– Ultimate design

Carefully designed grinding solutions
– antares four- and eight-roller mill
– Polaris purifier
– sirius square plansifter
– Bran finisher
– Impact detacher
– Vibratory sieving machine

High Throughput, Optimal Economy
Excellent sanitation and product safety- The Novapur sieve frames of polyurethane with frame inserts of stainless steel ensure top sanitation of the sifter.
Outstanding quality Low-maintenance system components and smart designs guarantee top reliability in round-the-clock service with a consistently high grinding quality.

Solutions for High-Precision Weighing, Proportioning & Mixing
Grain and end products are retrieved from storage bins, weighed and then transferred to the production process using the weighing and proportioning technology. Continuous processes can be accurately measured and controlled by the differential proportioning scale. The micro-feeding process allows customized end products of uniform quality to be made
– Universal control system
– Outstanding precision
– High mixing quality

Bagging & Outloading, Manual and Fully Automatic Solutions
Taking bag-packing to the highest possible level of performance: solutions are synonymous with efficient bagging of end products. Whether products are packed into open-mouth bags of paper, plastic, jute, or cotton with weights ranging from 10 to 50 kg and using manual or automatic solutions.
– High bagging capacity
– Easy operation
– Dust-tight packing

Quality Assurance
Unrivaled, uncompromising quality.
There is no room for compromises when it comes to food safety. Therefore vendors offer various carefully matched solutions and systems in order to meet the high sanitation and food safety requirements.
– Integrated solutions
– Food safety
– Consistently high product quality

Reliable quality assurance solutions-
Magnetic separator
Control sifter
Sterilator
NIR DA online measurement system
Combined solutions for assuring product quality

Technology and Automation from a Single Source
Automation systems which integrally combine process technology and control engineering. This is the key to achieving the best possible production processes and thus top competitiveness – now as well as in the future.
– High operating reliability
– Standardized customer services with 24/7 support hotline
– Efficient production processes

Automation for reliable
WinCoS.r2 process control system
Control cabinets
Professional cabling
Motors and electrical installations
Grinding process control system with intuitive user interfaces

 

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How to Cook Perfect Brown Rice Every Time?

Rice is a staple food for many different cultures throughout the world. White rice is more common in the United States and many other regions of the world, but brown rice is still consumed by more people overall. The key difference between the two types of rice lies in how they are processed. White takes much more processing overall, as brown is only partly milled or not milled at all.

The cooking process for both rice types also varies. The first mistake people make is assuming that you can cook brown rice just the same way as white. Some people find it harder to cook brown rice when compared to its white counterpart. Here are a few tips to ensure you end up with perfectly cooked brown rice.

To start, you should thoroughly rinse your rice until the water runs clear. The next step is to start boiling water for your rice to cook in. The rice to water ratio is very important and should be 1 cup of rice to 1-1/2 cups of water. Another important step you do not want to overlook is to add the rice only after the water is fully boiling.

Brown Rice is Good for Health
Brown Rice is Good for Health

Once you have added the rice to the boiling water, cover the pot and reduce the heat to low for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you will want to remove the pot from the heat, but do not remove the lid. Leave the pot to rest uncovered for another 15 minutes or so. Any longer than 15 minutes and your rice can end up soggy and mushy.

The two steps that cannot be overlooked are ensuring the correct rice to water ratio, along with adding rice after the water is boiling. These two things differ from the way white rice is prepared, so they are the areas that people tend to mess up when cooking brown rice.

Once you start to cook brown rice more often, you will begin to get a better feel for the right way to cook it and in no time at all, you will be a pro.

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Article Source: Ezinearticles.com

 

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Important Arrangements to Make Profits in Rice Milling Business

The countries like India, where agriculture is the primary occupation, the benefits of setting up a rice mill can be easily understood. Rice is among the top staple foods in India and huge quantities of different varieties are exported to different nations. It is also worth mentioning that Rice Milling is the oldest agro-processing industry in India.

The credit for the industry’s growth should also be given to the manufacturers who make and supply various supporting equipments for growth of rice and related agricultural businesses. Apart from the domestic markets, these mills are exported to various foreign markets as well. Setting up rice mill is definitely a profitable business. However, certain factors are important to be taken care in this direction.

Land Requirement

Depending upon the processing capacity of such a agro business unit, it is important to decide the area of agricultural land in acres required for various operations. In addition, the land should have elevation from the ground, as low-lying areas are not suitable for processing. Another important factor is that the area you choose should be well-connected to the road and should have proper drainage system.

Layout and Constructions

Another important factor for the success of the Rice Milling Business is the layout. Various constructions should be done in a way that they offer smooth operations and optimal space utilization. The important structures required in this direction include godowns and stores to store raw paddy as well as processed rice. Sheds where the rice processing unit is installed, cleaning unit, parboiling area and other similar sections should be assigned with care.

Important Resources

Availability of power is another important consideration to run rice mills and other electrical machines uninterruptedly. In addition, the generators must be arranged as standby support systems. Uninterrupted supply of water is also required for the processes like parboiling.

Selection of Machinery

Depending on the size of the Rice Processing Plant, different type of milling machines are available according to their size and features. You may think of investing in a mini rice plant in the start of the business. The important factors to consider while setting up a rice processing plant include capacity, speed and power requirements. It is also important to choose among machines that can perform one-step, two-step or multiple step execution. Take into account the processes that the machines can perform. The most important ones include pre-cleaning, husk removal, polishing and so on.

Milling performance should also be considered, as it decides the output of the rice processing. For this, you must know the percentage of whole grain and broken grain that the machine will output. Rice mills can produce as high as 80% of the total paddy as milled grain.

Other Considerations

Security of the rice milling site from pests and other threats is also worth considering. It is a good idea to avail insurance to cover the fixed assets, machinery and other parts of the business.

The choice of rice mill can be a critical factor in the success of your business. Look for different models at online business directories and compare their performances and overall costs to choose the best one.

Author has wide knowledge of B2B Marketplace and Business industries. For extended opportunities in Rice Mill Business and info about Rice Mill Machinery, visit online business directory Dir.IndiaMART.com

Article Source: EzineArticles

 

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Rice Mill Plants – Past and Current Technology in Milling

Rice is one of the most important food crop across the world that is processed in the rice milling plants with respect to the international standards keeping in mind the uniformity and the basic quality of the grain. There are different rice milling machinery and Rice Milling equipment used for the proper processing of rice and ensure its maximum processing capacity in less amount of time.

The most important productional factor considered for its processing is the use of energy. Energy is one of the demanding items and the vital source to measure the cost of the finalized finished product. For the production of rice, the energy-consuming equipment used includes blowers, elevators, motors, boilers and steam distribution, and many more. The efficiency of the product (rice) depends on the utilities maintained by the rice production mills such as electricity, air, water, labor, etc.

Many of the rice plants in India and also in the different parts of the world adhere to several procedures for rice processing such as drying of rice, cleaning of rice, milling, whitening, polishing, grading, blending, sorting and packaging. There are different types of sorters and separators used for the rice to be free from any type of dust, fungal infections, plastic granules, unwanted grain, etc. Some of them include:

Rice Huskers: These huskers remove the husk (outer covering) from the paddy rice during the processing.

Paddy Separators: It makes the brown rice more efficient.

Plano Shifters: This makes the rice more uniform and give rice proper size and grading with a high speed.

Color Sorters: These color sorters give a proper color to the rice and define its shade.

The basic structure and the process followed in the rice milling industries and rice milling plants include:
1. Quantity of Rice (In Abundance)
2. Pre – Cleaning
3. Steaming
4. Drying
5. Packaging
6. Grading and Sorting
7. Polishing
8. Removal of Husk

Initially, the basic rice cultivation process requires the complete preparation for the technological projects and the set-up of the milling plant. Many layouts, specifications, selection of appropriate milling equipments and units are planned for the efficient running of the milling industry. Further the assessment reports are also prepared keeping in mind the benefits with the selection of experienced personnel.

There are different types of methods used in the rice milling industries. In the earlier days, conventional methods were used for paddy processing using the steel hullers and the rice processing process mentioned in the above flowchart was carried out manually. This method seems to be the inefficient method as the chances or the profits to rise at a higher level often degrades. The marketing costs and the net returns tend to decrease that prevents the consumers from earning accountable outputs in time. Further, the latest and modern rice milling units make use of more efficient technology that hep them yield a large net return and the calculated costs become better for the large quantity of paddy. Roughly, we can say that capacity utilization using the modern methods is approximately 70% in comparison to the conventional methods used (approx. 45%). Rice is the staple food and is one of the man source among all the food grains

Blog Source:EzineArticles.

 

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PhilRice Rice Milling Machine Specification

Simple, low-cost rice milling machines play an essential role in ensuring food security and reducing hunger and poverty in the rural Philippines. The Philippine Rice Research Institute, commonly known as PhilRice, works with more than 60 agencies worldwide.

Simple, low-cost Rice Mill Machines play an essential role in ensuring food security and reducing hunger and poverty in the rural Philippines. The Philippine Rice Research Institute, commonly known as PhilRice, works with more than 60 agencies worldwide to increase rice self-sufficiency, productivity, and profitability through the research and development of portable Milling Machines, among other new technologies.

Identification

For people living in remote villages, portable and economical milling machines provide an alternative to transporting rice to distant milling facilities or grinding it by hand with a mortar and pestle. PhilRice mills consist of a hopper, a milling rotor, and a set of separators; they are made of steel and plastic, and according to PhilRice, are easy to fabricate, operate and maintain. PhilRice produces a selection of models for both household and village use, including a mill for processing fine, dry flour.

 

Household Micromill

PhilRice produces a household Micromill for household use that weighs 88 pounds, including the motor, and has a total height of 38 1/2 inches. This model processes rice at a rate of 110 to 165 pounds per hour, with a milling recovery of 60 to 67 percent and ahead rice recovery of 50 to 70 percent. To operate, it requires one person and a 1 hp electric motor or 3 hp gasoline engine, with an energy consumption of 0.26 gallons per hour.

 

Village Micromill

The village Micromill is also available in a larger size for village use that weighs 132 pounds and measures 41 inches tall. It has a milling capacity of 330 to 440 pounds per hour, with the same percentages of milling recovery and head rice recovery as the household model. It requires one to two people to operate and runs on a 5 hp electric motor, 7 to 9 hp gasoline engine or 6 to 8 hp diesel engine, consuming 0.4 to 0.53 gallons per hour.

 

Flour Mill

Phil Rice produces a mill for processing fine, dry rice flour that can also be used for milling corn, soya, mungbean, black pepper, squash, banana, cassava, sweet potato and other dried food products. It stores flour for up to six months by preventing flour contamination caused by wet milling. The mill’s capacity is 22 pounds per hour, and it requires one person and a 2 hp electric motor or a 5 hp gasoline engine to operate. A larger, 220-pound model is also available with a milling capacity of 321 pounds per hour; requiring a 10 hp electric motor or 12 hp diesel engine.

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