NOVELTY - Obtaining of high contents of bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fiber from cereal malts includes step-wise increasing the temperature by 8-12degreesC for 10-14 hours of incubation, thus activating in situ amylases, with net temperature during incubation of 43-77degreesC.    USE - For obtaining high contents of bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fiber from cereal malts.    ADVANTAGE - The inventive process is fast, effective and economical. It eliminates the need for exogenous enzymes. It increases the nutrient value of the cereal malts. It eliminates starch at a maximum of 75degreesC from ragi malt. It removes starch from cereal malt at a much faster rate as compared to conventional processes. It uses in situ amylases to isolate high contents of bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fiber from cereal malts. It does not involve high temperature to obtain bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fiber from cereal malts as seen in conventional methods. It involves shorter incubation periods as compared to conventional processes. This helps obtained higher nutritious cereal malt in much shorter duration. Retaining of all the bound phenolic acids present in the cereal malts unlike in the case of endosperm and bran where only partial recovery of bound phenolic acid is achieved. The stepwise increase in temperature helps overcome the need of using exogenous enzymes.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Obtaining of high contents of bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fiber from cereal malts in time duration of 36-48 hours by step-wise increase in temperature by 8-12degreesC for every 10-14 hours of incubation, thus activating in situ amylases, with net temperature during incubation of 43-77degreesC, includes adding 7-15 gm.% (w/v) cereal malt in 40-60 mM of acetate buffer of pH 4.8-5.2 to obtain a malt solution; incubating the malt solution at 45degreesC for 10-14 hours; incubating the malt solution further at 55degreesC for another 10-14 hours; incubating the malt solution further at 65degreesC for another 10-14 hours; incubating the malt solution further at 75degreesC for another 10-14 hours to obtain a residue; centrifuging the residue at 4500-5500 rpm for 1-30 minutes; washing the centrifuged residue with water; drying the washed residue with ethanol; and obtaining bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fibers.