Tamarind is a socially and economically important fruit of India as well as Chhattisgarh. In Chhattisgarh, tamarind is produced in many small areas and sold locally by the rural people at a throw away prices. During selling they come across many problems such as handling of large volume which need significant space, consumer acceptability for its quality, high transportation cost etc. To overcome these problems there is a need of densification of the stock which can be accomplished by converting the pulp into small briquettes. Briquetting should be done at home or the site level. A manual...