Food processing business ideas

Run a neighbourhood flour mill: grind customers' grain for a fee and sell your own fresh chakki atta to homes and shops.

Bake bread, pav, toast and khari in a small rack oven and supply shops, tea stalls and hotels every morning. Daily cash sales, early hours.

Grind chana dal into besan on a small plant and sell in bulk bags to namkeen makers, sweet shops, caterers and kirana wholesalers.

Make groundnut, sesame and dry-fruit chikki from roasted nuts and jaggery syrup, cut into bars and sell packed to shops and travellers.

Buy whole tur, chana or moong, clean, split and polish it on a mini dal mill, and sell dal in bags to wholesalers, shops and caterers.

Grind soaked rice and urad dal into fresh idli-dosa batter, pack it in one-kilo pouches and supply homes, shops and eateries daily.

Roll and roast thin wheat khakhra in plain, methi, jeera and masala flavours and sell packed to shops, sweet marts and online buyers.

Clean, grind and pack turmeric, chilli, coriander and blended masala with a pulverizer, and sell to kirana shops, hotels and caterers.

Fry and pack sev, gathiya, chivda and mixture with an extruder and a fryer, and sell to shops, tea stalls and caterers in your area.

Make steamed and dried chowmein and hakka noodles from maida on a simple sheeting and cutting machine for Chinese stalls, hotels and shops.

Press groundnut, sesame, mustard or coconut oil in a wooden ghani in front of customers and sell it at a premium over refined oil.

Make urad dal papad with a small machine and a few workers, and sell to kirana shops and wholesalers. Low investment, steady year-round demand.

Make mango, lime, chilli and mixed pickles in season, cure them in drums and sell in jars and pouches to shops, caterers and direct customers.

Peel, slice, fry and season potato wafers in a small unit and sell fresh local chips to shops, bakeries and your own counter.

Bake sweet bread loaves, slice them and bake again into crisp rusk, then pack and sell to tea stalls, shops and wholesalers.

Crush fresh sugarcane on an electric machine and sell chilled juice by the glass from a small shop or stall on a busy road.