PAU signs agreement for potato parantha/samosa

Ludhiana, May 26, 2023: The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) entered into an agreement with M/s GS Food Agro, Atam Nagar, Ludhiana for licensing of potato parantha/samosa mix from different varieties of potato. Dr AS Dhatt, Director of Research, PAU and Mr Simarjit Singh, Proprietor, GS Food Agro, signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on behalf of their respective organizations. As per the agreement, the University offers non-exclusive rights to the firm for this technology.
Dr Gursahib Singh Manes, Additional Director of Research (Farm Mechanization and Bioenergy), PAU and Dr Savita Sharma, Head, Department Food Science and Technology, congratulated Dr Poonam A Sachdev, Principal Food Technologist (Vegetable) and Dr Sukhpreet Kaur, Food Technologist (Fruit and Vegetable), experts of the technology, Department of Food Science and Technology, for the commercialization of this technology.

The experts highlighted that potato parantha/samosa mix can be prepared utilizing different potato varieties including table varieties which are otherwise not considered for processing into chips and French fries. This is a new shelf stable convenient product which can be used at domestic as well as at commercial level in restaurants. This dry instant mix can be used as a filling in parantha and samosa as well as for making different frozen potato based snacks. These products provide convenience to the consumers by restricting the kitchen drudgery and time involved in the preparation of the product, they added.

Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Ajmer Singh Dhatt, Director of Research, PAU appreciated the scientists for their valueable achievement and wished them all success for their future endeavors.