Production of PM based dry kheer mix PM grains were
dehulled using wooden pestle and mortar with sprinkling of
water to loosen its outer coat, followed by winnowing and
washing with water thrice. Thereafter, these grains were
spread to form a 1 cm thick layer and allowed to sun dry
for 1 h and 45 min followed by autoclaving (TOMY SX-500,
Japan, High Pressure Steam Sterilization System) at 121 °C
for 15 min. Autoclaving was done to soften the PM grains as
it was to be a ready-to-reconstitute product. To dry the
sterilized/moist product, before incorporating in the dry
mix, it was held at 35 °C for 1 h 45 min. This was followed
by dry blending of powdered sugar and dairy whitener with
pre-treated pearl millet grains. Cardamom flavour was added
@ 0.25 % of the finished product. Procedure for production
of PM based dry kheer mix was followed as given by Bunkar
et al. (2012).