How to make yam flour?

Yam presser

The process of producing instant yam flour is quite simple; it involves slicing, parboiling, drying and milling of the product to yield flour. The machinery and equipment required for production can be sourced locally or from abroad, and they include;

Yam slicer, yam parboiler, hammer mill with cyclone, industrial nylon sealing machine and a weighing machine.

The production process is highlighted below;

Yam selection; fresh harvested yam gotten from the farm are sorted to select whole-some tubers that are suitable for the production of instant pounded yam flour. Usually the mature white varieties of yam are most suitable.

Weighing; the selected yam are weighed properly

Washing; the yam tubers are washed properly in order to get rid of sand and other extraneous materials.

Peeling and slicing; the washed yam tubers are peeled and then sliced to desired thickness.

Parboiling; the sliced yam are then put into boiling water over a period of time depending on the thickness of the slices.

Drying; the parboiled yam slices are dried in a dryer at a specified drying temperature and time.

Milling; the dried yam slices are milled directly into flour of uniform particle size.

Packaging; the instant pounded yam flour is the finally packaged in moisture proof nylon bags.