Nutritional quality of Malil, a sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) food from Western Sudan
2006
Salih, O.M., Food d Processing Research Centre, Shambat, Khartoum (Sudan)
Malil is a traditional food prepared from roasted sorghum grains at the milky stage in western Sudan. Nutritional quality, measured by chemical analysis of Mali! prepared from Kurgi sorghum variety was compared to mature grains. Similar amounts of protein, fat and minerals were found. Apart from starch content, no difference was noticed between Mali! and the mature grains. Malil provides less energy as the starch content was lower by 25.1 %. Roasting resulted in minor differences in ash and crude fibre
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