Nik naks, Kurkure, Cheetos are special extruded snacks, very crunchy and great in taste. They are made by a special extrusion process. The corn grits is moisturized in the flour mixer with water and fed to the Rotary Head Extruder. In the extruder, due to the two rotary plates made of yellow brass, the corn grits are squeezed and twisted to form curls shape. The curls pass through the die and gets cut by the cutting knifes into required lengths. The Kurkure/ Cheetos are fried in cooking oil or toasted in oven and then cooled before flavoring. Seasoning is sprayed on the surface to improve their taste.
Machines involved in making nik naks:
a): Flour Mixer
to mix corn meal with water to prepare the flour for Kurkure or nik naks
b): Rotary Die Extruder
To cook the corn meal and extrude the nik naks from the die. The Rotary Die twists and curls the meal before extruding giving a uniform texture
c): Automatic Frying Machine
to fry the nik naks in hot cooking oil. The uniform frying introduces the crunchy taste to the nik naks
d): Cooling Conveyor
To cool the fried nik naks and reduce the temperature before packing
e): Automatic Seasoning System
To add required seasoning to the fried and cooled nik naks to give the different flavors to them
f): Automatic Packaging Machine
To pack the nik naks into attractive printed pouches with gas flushing