Savoury Snacks (Mechanised Process)

Savoury snacks like Chanachur, Namkeen, and Bhujia enjoy immense popularity as affordable, long-lasting and culturally significant food items consumed across households, tea stalls, restaurants, hotels, and packaged snack outlets. With rising demand for hygienic and well-packaged products, the unit aims to cater to both local unpackaged sales and branded packaged segments. Raw materials such as gram flour (besan), pulses, rice flakes, fried lentils, edible oils, spices, salt, and packaging films which are easily sourced from local markets. The project requires machines like a dough kneader, Farsan making machine, fryer, oil separator, masala mixer, weighing scales, pouch sealing/packaging machine, and also supported by utilities like gas burners, oil tanks, and stainless-steel trays. Depending on capacity and automation level, the machinery investment for a small unit starting from ₹2–5 lakhs. The production process includes dough preparation, extrusion into strands, frying in controlled temperatures, oil separation, spice coating, mixing with puffed rice and lentils, cooling, weighing, and hygienic packaging. A small setup requires 500–1,000 sq. ft. of area. Finished products can be marketed locally through kirana stores, wholesalers, supermarkets, tea shops, bulk supply to caterers, hotels, and through online platforms under branded packs. With moderate capital requirement, strong and recurring consumer demand, easy raw material availability, and diverse market channels, this project presents a scalable and profitable opportunity for the intending entrepreneurs.