cucurbitaceae (which also includes gourds). it commonly refers to cultivars of any one of the species cucurbita pepo, cucurbita mixta, cucurbita maxima, and cucurbita moschata, and is native to north america. they typically have a thick, orange or yellow shell, creased from the stem to the bottom, containing...
into halves. the split nuts are deshelled to separate the kernel. these two operations usually are done manually. kernel is washed and then blanched by immersing in hot water at 80 o c for 10 minutes. the next step is comminution of kernel into small gratings using a hammer mill. the gratings are subjected...