Abstract
Protein digestibility (in vitro) was found to be 35.0 to 47.1 per cent in raw unprocessed seeds of different pigeon pea cultivars. Significant (p < 0.05) varietal differences were noticed. Low protein digestibility was attributed to the presence of phytates, trypsin inhibitors and polyphenols in pigeon pea. Various domestic processing and cooking treatments viz. soaking, dehulling, germination, cooking etc. improved the in vitro digestibility of protein of all the pigeon pea cultivars to varying extents i.e. 3 to 59 per cent over the control; the highest being in soaked dehulled and pressure cooked and the lowest being in 6h soaked legume grains.
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