Traditional Indian Dairy products|Nutritional & health aspects|

Definition of traditional indian dairy products

Traditional Indian dairy products or indigenous milk products can be defined as the milk products which are native to India and Indian sub continental countries like Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan and which were evolved over ages utilizing locally available fuel and coking ware.

Nutritional and Health aspects

Major components of milk are water (86-88%), fat (3-5%), protein (3-4%), lactose (4.5-5%) and minerals(0.7%). Beside this milk also contains other minor components like phospholipids, sterols, vitamins, enzymes, pigments etc. Proteins helps for muscle building, energy production and body repair, fat and carbohydrates as major energy source, minerals necessary for teeth, bones and body cells. Vitamins are required for regulation and performing vital actions for body. Proteins present in milk contain all the essential amino acids in fairly large quantity, so milk proteins are referred as complete protein. Milk fat plays significant role in nutritive values. Besides serving as rich source of energy, milk fat also contains significant amount of essential fatty acids. Lactose supplies energy and helps to establish mildly acidic reaction in intestine and facilitates assimilation. Vitamins present in milk are essential for normal growth, health and reproduction of living organisms. Milk is good source of vitamin A, vitamin D, thiamine, riboflavin etc. but milk lacks in vitamin C

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TIDP|CLASSIFICATION | TRADITIONAL INDIAN DAIRY PRODUCTS|

Classification of traditional Indian dairy products For better understanding of the nature of the products, indigenous milk products can be conveniently classified into seven major categories. Desiccated milk based products - In this class of products, milk is concentrated using heat energy. Moisture percent in milk gets reduced due to evaporation of vapors of the product. Based on extent of heat treatment product characteristics such as smell, colour, aroma and texture imparted to the products . 1. Khoa 2. Rabri 3. Basundi Heat and acid coagulated products- This process permits recovery of caseins and whey proteins in a single step. The basic principle is that whey proteins which are normally acid stable, become sensitive to acid coagulation after heat treatment. Continue heating and acidify slowly with gentle agitation. The caseins an

TIDP|KHOA|Nutritional health aspects|

Nutritive significances of the traditional Indian dairy products Heat Desiccated milk based products - Khoa- It is a heat desiccated indigenous dairy product known as khoya, mawa, khava,kava. It has been defined under the PFA as the product obtained by rapid drying milk of cow or buffalo or goat or sheep or milk solids or a combination thereof. The milk fat content shall not be less than 20 percent of the finished product and it may contain citric acid content not more than 0.1 percent by weight. For commercial trade three main types of khoa are recognized- Dhap Pindi Danedar, each type having preferred end uses . Khoa is a concentrated whole milk product obtained by open pan condensing of milk under atmospheric pressure. According to Food Safety and Standard Regulations 2011, Khoya, by whatever variety of names it is sold such as Pindi, Danedar, Dhap, Mawa or Kava, means the product obtained from cow or buffalo or goat or sheep milk or milk solids or a

TIDP| Paneer|Nutritive significance|

Paneer Paneer means the product obtained from the cow or buffalo milk or a combination thereof by precipitation with sour milk, lactic acid, or citric acid. It shall not contain more than 70% moisture and milk fat content shall not be less than 50% of the dry matter. Milk solids may also be used in the preparation of paneer . Low fat paneer shall contain not more than 70% moisture and not more than 15% milk fat on dry matter basis Nutritive significance Paneer an important indigenous product which ruled over Indian kitchen obtained by heat acid coagulation of milk. It is used in culinary dishes/snacks and even consumed as such by sprinkling salt and seasoning. Perhaps the only protein rich dietary supplement in vegan diet is paneer . As per the Nutritive value of Indian Foods, National Institute of Nutrition declared that 200 gram of paneer yields 36 gram of protein. Paneer are packed with protein that exerts a wide range of health benefits. The high density of protein

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