Papad Making Machine
Introduction
Papads form a popular food adjunct in Indian dietary. It is a thin wafer-like product, circular in shape, rolled from dough made out of pulse flour, with or without added spices. Though traditionally confined to the household, papad making in recent years has developed into cottage scale and small-scale industry
Product
- Papad press can be fabricated in a small fabricating unit
- Preparation of papad by a custom built machine.
Application
Fabrication of papad press.
Papad as food adjunct.
Raw material
Urd dal, any pulse flour, salt, farinaceous material, spice mix.
Market
Papad production is in unorganized sector. About 95% of papad produced in the country are made in the household or cottage scale. Papads are exported to more than 40 countries from India. The major importing countries are UK USA, UAE, Singapore, Oman, Nigeria, Malaysia, Kuwait, Canada, Bahrain and Australia.
Process
The papad press is manually operated, simple and easy to operate machine that can make around 500 papads/hr. The papad dough is made from pulse flour (preferably urad dal), slat, carbonates, farinaceous material and water.
The contents are kneaded into semi-tough dough. The dough is made into balls of 5-6 and pressed into 1-mm thickness using papad press. The pressed circular shaped papad is dried to 14-15% moisture level.
Plant Parameters
| Capacity | 30 Tonnes/ Annum |
| No. of shifts / day | 1 |
| Working days / Yr | 300 |
| Land Reqd., m2 | 25 |
| Covered Area, m2 | 20 |
Manpower
| Managerial | 1 |
| Skilled | 2 |
| Unskilled | 3 |
Utilities
| Power, KwH | 5 |
| Raw water, KL | 500 litres/ day |
Plant & Machinery
| Papad Press | 3 |
| Dough making Machine | 1 |
Equipment and gadgets
Custom built papad press.
Nature of enterprise
Home/cottage scale
For further information please contact
National Research Development Corporation
( A Government of India Enterprise )
20-22, Zamroodhpur Community Center
Kailash Colony Extension
New Delhi 110 048. India
Tel: 91-11-26419904, 26417821, 26480767, 26432627
Fax: 011-26231877, 26460506, 26478010
Website: www.nrdcindia.com
