DEVELOPMENT OF SHELF STABLE READY-TO-EAT INDIAN SWEET MEATS BASED ON SUGAR AND COCONUT

Sugar holige (sweet stuffed chapathi) and Modaka (karji kai) the known traditional Indian sweet meats have a very short shelf-life under normal conditions of preparation and storage. These two products were prepared using normal ingredients like sugar, coconut, copra, semolina, refined wheat flour, vanaspathi and cardamom and were packed in polypropylene and then paper foil aluminium polyethylene laminate pouches and stored at various temperatures. These two items were found to be acceptable for a period of two months at 37-degrees-C and 4 months at ambient temperatures, without use of any preservatives.