Rekha Sinha ¹, Bindu Sharma ¹, Pushpa Mahanta ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi – 834006, IN

Abstract

Baby com (Zea mays L.), an upcoming vegetable refers to young tender flowering maize ears harvested within 2 to 4 days after white silk emergence before fertilization. It is popular in India as a non-traditional thrust vegetable for export and value addition. The dehusked young ear can be eaten raw as salad or used as ingredients in various preparations like soup, vegetable and pickles. The basic requirements of baby corn for market is said to be 4.5 to 10 cm length and 7 to 17 mm diameter. Domestic markets for baby corn continue to grow and number of farmers producing the crop are increasing. Growing baby corn for high nutritional value and consumer acceptability are the major objectives to consider in addition to high productivity. Because of growing importance of this crop to Indian agriculture, there is need to carry out investigation on its nutritional value and consumer acceptability. Lack of information on physico-chemical properties of different varieties of babycorn has necessitated the present systematic evaluation of this important new crop.

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Rekha Sinha ¹, Asha Kawatra ², Salil Sehgal ²

Affiliations
1 Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi - 834006, IN
2 Department of Foods and Nutrition, I.C. College of Home Science CCS, HAU, Hisar - 125004, IN

Abstract

Legumes, rich and less expensive sources of protein are an important component of the diets of Indian population. Legumes are processed and cooked by a variety of methods based on tradition and taste preferences. Low digestibility of the seed protein is one of the main drawbacks limiting the nutritional quality of food legumes. Since protein digestibility of legume grain is affected by the content of anti nutritional factors, the various processing and cooking methods affecting the levels of anti nutritional factors will influence the protein digestibility of the legume grains.

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