The supplementary value of Bengal gram, red gram, soya bean as compared with skim milk powder to poor Indian diets based on ragi, kaffir corn and pearl millet.

The important millets consumed as a staple food by the low income groups of the people in different parts of India are ragi (Eleudne Coracona), kaffir corn (Sorghum Vulgare) and Pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoideum )'. Studies carried out by different workers have shown that poor Indian diets based on the above millets promote moderate growth in rats and are lacking in proteins, certain vitamins and minerals'. The low cost protein rich foods available In the country include the legumes and oilsced meals