Acceptability of Sundried Dal Vadi Incorporated with Underutilized Green Leafy Vegetables

Dal vadi is a popular sundried food very famous pan India. The present study was taken up to see the acceptability of dal vadi incorporated with underutilized green leafy vegetables bengal gram leaves, drumstick leaves and curry leaves. An experimental research design consists of control samples of green gram dal vadi and black gram dal vadi. The treatment samples were formulated by incorporating selected underutilized green leafy vegetables at 10% and 20% level. All the control and treatment samples of green gram dal vadi and black gram dal vadi were evaluated by a panel of judges on the basis of sensory characteristics. The results indicated that the incorporation of bengal gram leaves, drumstick leaves and curry leaves at 10% level to sundried green gram dal vadi and black gram dal vadi was very well accepted.