Method for preparing date flakes
AssigneeSultan Qaboos University
InventorsNasser Abdullah AL-HABSI, Yahya Salim Ali AL AMRANI, MD Shafiur RAHMAN
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Abstract
A method for preparing date flakes can include obtaining dates including date flesh and date pits; separating the date pits from the date flesh; reducing the separated date flesh to a date flesh powder and the date pits to a date pit powder; forming a mixture including the date flesh powder, the date pit powder, and water; drying the mixture to obtain a dried date product; and reducing a size of the dried date product to provide a plurality of date flakes. In some embodiments the mixture may be foamed prior to drying.
Claims9
A method for preparing date flakes, comprising:
- obtaining dates from a date palm plant, the dates including date flesh and date pits;
- separating the date pits from the date flesh;
- reducing the separated date flesh into date flesh powder and the date pits to a date pit powder;
- forming a mixture consisting of the date flesh powder, the date pit powder, and water;
- blending the mixture;
- mat-drying the blended mixture to obtain a dried date product;
- and
- reducing a size of the dried date product to provide a plurality of porous date flakes.
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A method for preparing date flakes, comprising:
- obtaining dates including date flesh and date pits;
- separating the date pits from the date flesh;
- reducing the separated date flesh and date pits to form a date flesh powder and a date pit powder;
- forming a mixture consisting of the date flesh powder, the date pit powder, water, and salt;
- mat drying the mixture to obtain a dried date product;
- and
- reducing a size of the dried date product to provide a plurality of porous date flakes, wherein a ratio of the date flesh powder to the date-pit powder in the mixture is about 95:5.
A method for preparing date flakes, comprising:
- obtaining dates from a date palm plant, the dates including date flesh and date pits;
- separating the date pits from the date flesh;
- reducing the separated date flesh into date flesh powder and the date pits to a date pit powder;
- forming a mixture consisting of the date flesh powder, the date pit powder, salt, and water;
- blending the mixture;
- mat-drying the blended mixture to obtain a dried date product;
- and
- reducing a size of the dried date product to provide a plurality of porous date flakes.
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