Vol. 8, Issue 12, Part B (2024)

The research work entitled “Studies on preparation of barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta) kheer” was undertaken during the year 2023-2024 at Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth Parbhani, Maharashtra With the aim to standardize process of preparation of barnyard millet kheer. After preliminary trials 4 levels viz. 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 per cent i.e. T₁, T₂, T₃, and T₄ respectively were selected to add barnyard millet. Four levels were compared to control and a result obtained was statistically analyzed to arrive at a suitable conclusion. The T₁ kheer rated highest score for colour and appearance (8.75), and overall acceptability (8.75) and highest score for flavour (9.00) with 1.5 per cent barnyard millet. Barnyard millet kheer was evaluated for cost of production of 1 kg kheer for treatments T₀, T₁, T₂, T₃, and T₄ were 93.44, 93.54, 93.94, 94.34, 94.74 respectively.