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- Title
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF GARLIC CLOVE PEELER.
- Authors
Patel, U. R.; Gadhiya, G. A.; Kadiwala, M. G.; Sunasara, M. B.
- Abstract
After onions, garlic is the Allium that is used most commonly. The edible component of this plant is a complex bulb. It has been used for a number of food preservation techniques in India and other central eastern nations. There is a large amount of garlic that is typically eaten as peeled cloves. Traditionally, garlic cloves are separated and peeled using hot water, flame, oven, crushing and shaking methods. It takes a lot of time and labor to use these conventional methods. The current study was conducted at a commercial peeled garlic supplier close to Fatehpura, Mandvigate, and Vadodara. The garlic peeler is made up of the feed hopper, vertical cylinder, compressor unit, cleaning and discharge equipment, and main frame. The garlic peeler was evaluated with three Feed rate levels: 72, 108 and 144kg/h. According to observation and calculations the optimum performance was noticed at108 kg/h feed rateover all other treatments where avg. peeling efficiency was obtained86.28% as well as minimum damage to the garlic cloves.
- Subjects
VADODARA (India); INDIA; FOOD preservation; EDIBLE plants; GARLIC; HOT water; LABOR time; CLEANING equipment
- Publication
Agriways, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
2321-8614
- Publication type
Article