, there are more than , small and marginal farmers who are engaged in the gherkin production. gherkins are cultivated exclusively on a "contract farming" basis. gherkin industry in india is fully oriented and its exports are mainly of two categories; provisionally preserved that means preserved in vinegar...
. once gelatinized the granules cannot be recreated and the starch merely behaves as a mixture of amylose and amylopectin. because of the larger size of the swollen granules compared to the size of amylose and amylopectin, the viscosity of the swollen granule mixture is much higher than the viscosity...