A portable food processing machine that can grind, pulverize, extract and distil almost any fruit, crop or seed is becoming a bit of a sensation with Self-Help Groups (SHGs), farmer producer companies and entrepreneurs. Sturdy and inexpensive, it’s a tempting innovation for small agro-processing start-ups.
Invented by a Haryanvi farmer, Dharambir Kanoj, this hardworking machine, called Multipro, is a many-sided wonder. “It does the job of juicer, pulper, cutter, paste-maker. It can mash onion and garlic, make khoya from milk, jam from banana and beetroot and distil lemongrass or rose,” rattles off Prince Kanoj, Dharambir’s son.