Dr. S. V. PINTOHIRAL KUMAR MOHANLAL MODHA2018-01-022018-01-022016http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810038621The present investigation was planned and conducted to arrive at a recipe and develop a technology for the manufacture of RTR kheer. The study was divided into nine phases which involved: Selection of variety of rice from Gujarat region for kheer manufacture (Phase 1); Optimization of pre-cooking and drying protocol for selected rice variety (Phase 2); Standardization of Fat/SNF ratio of milk and level of sugar for preparation of pre-mix powder (Phase 3); Optimization of proportion of precooked and dried rice and milk solids (Phase 4); Optimization of level of flavouring in ready-to-reconstitute kheer (Phase 5); Analysis of ready-to-reconstitute kheer for its compositional, physico-chemical, sensory, functional and microbial properties (Phase 6); Evaluation of shelf-life of the standardized RTR kheer (Phase 7); Computation of cost of production of the developed RTR kheer (Phase 8) and Consumer preference study of RTR kheer (Phase 9).enDairy TechnologyAnalysisThesis