Storability Studies in Dehydrated Garden Peas as Influenced by Different Pre-treatments

An experiment was conduated on storability studies in dehydrated garden peas as influenced by different pretreatments at University Department of Horticulture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.) in 2011-2012. Amongst the different treatments, peas prickled and blanched in 6% NaCl2 +0.1% MgO + 0.5% KMS + 1% NaHCO3 for 5 minutes dried in cabinet dryer was found superior in maintaining maximum protein, chlorophyll, total sugar, non-reducing sugar, reducing sugar and rehydration ratio. Chemical components like protein, chlorophyll and ascorbic acid were decreased however, reducing sugar, total sugar, non-reducing sugar were increased during storage period.