Healthy biscuits from Pepino

Faculty of Agricultural Technology, UB (UB FTP), Malang, East Java, Indria Purwatiningrum, managed to create a biscuit from Pepino fruit combined with Rosella flower jam. Pepila named Biscuit was created in order to anticipate the proliferation of less healthy snacks in the community.

Indria Pepila claim is a healthy snack, low, rich in vitamins and antioxidants. Biscuits are named Pepila, taken from the words and Rosela Pepino, a combination of both names. "Biscuits, has benefits for improving blood circulation and maintain the immune system and as antioxidants," he explained, Tuesday (08/05/2012).


Content of antioxidants found in beber Indria Rosella flowers, will not suffer much damage in biskuti as used in the form of jam, so the damage was minimal. "Biscuits Pepila was very rich in antioxidants, as free radicals that can fight cancer and reduce aging. Antioxidants contained in the Rosella jam guaranteed interest rate will not be much reduced because it is not through repeated heating," he explained.

Pepino fruit or the Latin name Solanum muricatum Aiton, said Indria, has a protein content as much as 0.6 grams per 100 grams of. It also has a beneficial substance pecernaan maintain good health and stamina. "In Pepino fruit also contained an active compound that serves to facilitate breastfeeding," he added.

Active compounds in the biscuit Pepila, said Indria, not a result of extraction so that its content is relatively small. "If the active compound, extracted a high price. So, will affect the sale price later," he said.

Indria further claimed, biscuit products are only sold at USD 5000 one seemed. In one seemed contains 12 biscuits. "As for other advantages, there are the basic ingredients of flour Ganyongnya free of chemicals," he said.

In the process of biscuit dough, add Indria, mixed with flour in the biscuits contained ganyong Pepila. "It is safe to eat because there is a mixture of chemical substances, such as wheat flour in general," he explained.

Ganyong flour itself is a kind of flour made from the tubers of which are old and well, there are no signs of decay. Another mixture of Pepino fruit is rich in beta-carotene carrots and good eye health. "If you make biscuits Pepila, takes approximately three months. For three months, we continue to try to compositions suitable for Pepila biscuit dough," he admits.

How to make a withdrawal Pepila make biscuit dough in general. For the dough composition comprising flour ganyong with the addition of 100 grams of fruit and carrots Pepino each with a percentage of 20 percent. After successfully creating a biscuit Pepila I Indria, it will try to develop the biscuit-making business to a free market. 

"The target start for nursing mothers. Hopefully there are big companies that are interested," he hoped.

Ideas were beginning to bear biscuits Pepila it, Indria admitted, because bauh Pepino moved by the many who grew up in Stone Town, but not put to good use. "May be a local food worldwide," he hoped.