Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 34 issue 2 (june 2015) : 136-140

Effect of cooking methods on nutritional quality of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties

Suman, Pinky Boora
1Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India.
Cite article:- Suman, Boora Pinky (2024). Effect of cooking methods on nutritional quality of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 34(2): 136-140. doi: 10.5958/0976-0563.2015.00027.5.
The objective of the present investigation was to study the effect of four cooking methods viz. ordinary, pressure, microwave and solar cooking methods on proximate composition and in vitro protein and starch digestibility of six rice varieties. The study revealed that after cooking, moisture increased significantly, whereas, crude protein, fat, ash and crude fibre contents decreased significantly by 1.7 to 4.9, 20.8 to 33.8, 12.7 to 20.0 and 8.2 to 12.2 per cent, respectively under all cooking methods. The in vitro protein and starch digestibility upon cooking by all methods increased significantly and ranged from 81.87 to 86.60 and 90.60 to 92.14 per cent, respectively. Cooking methods differ significantly (P
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