N 9(1&2): 349-356, 2015 (Supplement on Rice) Save Nature to Survive QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY CHARACTERSTICS OF NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED POTATO RICE BASED CHAKLI-AN INDIGENOUS SNACK FOOD SUKHPREET KAUR* AND POONAM AGGARWAL Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, INDIA e-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Potatoes (boiled and dehydrated) of three Potato contains carbohydrates (16%), proteins (2%), minerals (1%), dietary fibre varieties were incorporated at 45% to a (0.6%) and negligible amount of fat (Kaur et al., 2012). Apart from being a significant traditional Indian rice based deep-fat fried source of starch, potatoes are considered as a potential antioxidant source in snack product namely chakli to study its effect on organoleptic, physicochemical, human nutrition. Phenolic acids, ascorbic acid, carotenoids and flavanoids are phytochemical and shelf life quality. The the major bioactive compounds known in potato for their antioxidant (Lokendrajit control products were without potato. Results et al., 2013), anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties (Ah-Hen et al., 2012). indicated that the fat absorbed by control The scavenging activity of these compounds is mainly due to their redox chaklis was 20.57%. Potato incorporation in properties, which allow them to act as reducing agents, hydrogen donors, and chaklisresulted in increased fat content (27.67- singlet oxygen quenchers (Ezekiel et al., 2013). Research has shown that their 30.70%). Control chaklis had 9.20% protein consumption can prevent many of the chronic diseases associated with cancer, content that was found to be significantly inflammation, atherosclerosis and ageing caused by free radicals and oxygen higher than that of potato incorporated chaklis (Ah-Hen et al., 2012, Ezekiel et al., 2013, Kaur and Kapoor 2002).