Even as aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, formerly Admiral
Gorshkov, is getting ready for pre-induction trials, it has seen the successful
demonstration of a product that is exclusively Indian.
For, a group of engineers from Eskay Enterprises, Bangalore,
has installed six dosa-making machines
and three idli-making machines on board INS Vikramaditya and just returned
from Arkhangelsk region in Russia where the ship was docked. It will help serve
traditional Indian delicacies to the Indian crew once the ship is commissioned.
The automated dosa and idli making technology was developed
by Mysore-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) and Eskay
Enterprises is one of the licensees authorised to manufacture the automated
machines.
The automated technology will enable assembly-line
production of 400 dosas and 1,000 idlis an hour on each machine and will cater
to the nearly 2,000 crew members who will be on board the ship. Eight wet
grinders have also been installed for grinding rice and other ingredients for
batter.
The technology was developed by the CFTRI in 1998 and since
then has proved to be popular in major industries where catering for a large
workforce requires mass production. The machines have been so designed that
they take care of all operations pertaining to making a dosa such as spreading
batter to the requisite size, oiling, cooking and even dispensing curry and
chutney. The automated technology also ensures that hygienic norms are observed
in the kitchen as it obviates manual labour during mass production of idlis and
dosas of uniform taste.
Credit: http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3501663.ece
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