**5. Drying of whole and dehulled tamarind**

Dehulling and deseeding are the significant tasks in tamarind processing for which tamarind is exposed to drying to moderate the tenacity with physical and mechanical parts. A local variety of tamarind dried under the sun as shown (**Figure 6**) followed by plate drying at temperatures of 50, 60, and 70°C. Mechanical drying of tamarind at 70°C had a higher dampness expulsion rate followed by drying at 60°C and 50°C. The drying data for sun drying of tamarind was well fitted with Midilli et al. model.
