Vinayak Industries

Papad Making Machine have developed a simple inexpensive foot operated press to make about 500 papad / hour from dal flour dough. The thickness of the papad altered in the machine by adjusting the clearance between the roller & polpat. Being foot operated it is simple and easy to operate. This machine adopted for cottage scale production of papad. Raw materials required for papad making are locally available in rural areas. Urad dhal, any pulse flour, salt, farinaceous material and spice mix are required. The papad industry has a good scope for marketing. Papad are exported to 42 countries from India. The preparation of papad consists of dough making using pulse flour (preferably urad dhal), salt, carbonates, farinaceous material and water. The dough is kneaded made into kinder mixture and passed in to extruder. Then it will cite with luva cutting machine. The pressed circular shaped papad is dry to 14-15% moisture level in sun light or in dryer. The above process can easily be dons at village level as it involves low investment.