EVALUATION OF WILD POMEGRANATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANARDANA IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
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2018-12
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UHF, NAUNI
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The present studies entitled “Evaluation of wild pomegranate for the development of
anardana in Himachal Pradesh” were conducted during 2015-2017 in the department of Food
Science and Technology, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry,
Nauni, Solan (HP). Wild pomegranate fruit is widely found in hilly slopes of HP, Uttarakhand and
Jammu & Kashmir and contain higher amount of acid content along with other quality
characteristics. To exploit the appreciable amount of acid content in this fruit, a popular dried
product known as anardana was prepared from the fruits procured from four major locations of
the HP. Best quality anardana could be prepared from this fruit harvested 134-137, 136-140, 134136
and 137-139 days after full bloom in Narag, Karsog, Basantpur and Darlaghat locations,
respectively. Comparable quality anardana can be prepared from the freshly harvested fruits as
well as 20 days stored fruits under ambient temperature conditions, however, intense coloured
anardana could be prepared from the 30 days stored fruits. Anardana prepared under mechanical
cabinet drier and solar tunnel drier was comparable in terms of its various quality characteristics.
While comparing the locations for the procurement of raw material, best quality anardana from
the fruits of Karsog location could be prepared in both the drying modes. Anardana prepared
under both the drying modes retained better quality under refrigerated temperature conditions in
aluminium laminated pouch (ALP) with vacuum during 12 months of storage. However, quality
changes were observed faster in solar tunnel dried anardana during both the storage conditions.
The cost of anardana prepared in mechanical cabinet drier was slightly higher than solar tunnel
drier, but was comparable to the cost of the anardana in the market.
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