~ 304 ~ International Journal of Chemical Studies 2020; 8(3): 304-309 P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902 www.chemijournal.com IJCS 2020; 8(3): 304-309 © 2020 IJCS Received: 01-03-2020 Accepted: 03-04-2020 Solanke GM Vaugh Institute of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Parades, India Maske Sachin V Vaugh Institute of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Parades, India Renge BB Vaugh Institute of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Parades, India Shelake SA Vaugh Institute of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Parades, India Aditya Lal Vaugh Institute of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Parades, India Corresponding Author: Solanke GM Vaugh Institute of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Parades, India Value addition and storage study of khakhra fortification with garden cress seed ( Lepidium sativum ) Solanke GM, Maske Sachin V, Renge BB, Shelake SA and Aditya Lal DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i3e.9242 Abstract Khakhra is a popular vegetarian roasted ‘Gujarati’ Indian thin cracker bread or snack item made from whole-wheat flour and oil. In present investigation efforts were made to prepare khakhra by using different proportions and variety of flours i.e. S0, S1, S2, S3, and S4. The study was carried out to find out the development of value added khakhra by using different levels of flours whole-wheat flour, garden cress seed and buckwheat flour. The khakhra was prepared by wheat flour with substituting garden cress seed and buckwheat flour by increasing proportional 10%, 20%,30% and 40%. The nutritional value like fat, protein and iron content increases with increase the proportion of composite flour. In conclusion substitution of whole-wheat flour with garden cress seed flour and buckwheat flour will be the good nutritional food for iron deficiency people. The storage studies was carried out by three month and chemical composition checked by 30 days time of interval in that 30, 60,90 days. Keywords: Khakra, garden cress seed, buckwheat, storage study Introduction Khakhra is a traditional ready-to-eat snack or breakfast item popular in the North Western part of India. This product is very popular in the state of Gujarat. As a convenient snack it is popular during travels because it does not require any further processing at the point of consumption, need minimal packaging and has long shelf life. A nutritious Indian diet snack. Very crispy, crunchy, mouthwatering tasty nutritious and very light in weight snack. Favorite among children and teenagers. Available in many different flavors. It is usually eaten with coffee, tea, chutney, pickles, butter, ghee, topped vegetable, cheese or yoghurt. Easy to carry and most of the people of Gujarat carry these as snack during travel. Khakara is one of the famous traditional Gujrathi snacks commonly prepared from wheat flour and most preferred food item among all age groups. Hence, an attempt was made to develop value added barnyard millet Khakara. Three types of Khakara namely, plain, pulse and vegetable Khakara were developed Surekha et al. (2014) [6] Value addition of khakhra from fortified Garden cress seed powder will give the people novel profits. It will further provide consumers a new alternative to traditional khakhra. More over this research will bring a new potential to the existence after consumption. Today, we find that the people are becoming more aware about their health and various problems related to it. Thus, with changing life style and the changing mindsets of people they are also making a trend towards eating nutritious as well as that remaining healthy or becoming fit should be accompanied by having such food, which is liked for that individual (Solanke et al., 2018) [11] Garden cress has been consider as an important nutritional and medicinal plant in India since the Vedicera. Seeds are also rich source of omega 3-fatty acids which helps to lower cholesterol patients. Garden cress are well known for their various enthanopharmacological properties (Patil et al., 2015) [3] Garden cress are used in South Asia as traditional medicine to treat bronchitis, asthma and cough. Garden cress (Lepidium sativum) belonging to the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (Richa et al., 2017) [8] . India has the highest prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia among women in the world. More than 60 per cent of adolescent girls are affected by nutritional anemia. Garden cress seeds (Lepidium sativum) are locally available inexpensive seeds which are excellent