Effect of Parboiling Conditions on Physical and Cooking Quality of Selected Rice Varieties

Table 4

Cooking property of rice varieties at different soaking temperature and steaming time.

Soaking T (°c)	Steaming time (min)	Gumara			Edget			Narica4
		Minimum cooking time	Water uptake ratio	Swelling ratio	Minimum cooking time	Water uptake ratio	Swelling ratio	Minimum cooking time	Water uptake ratio	Swelling ratio
40	10	16	3.27^bc	2.46^θ	16	3.12^a	2.11^ηθ	15	3.70^igh	4.59^ε
40	20	16	3.33^bac	2.46^θ	16	3.25^a	1.88^ι	15	4.31^edf	3.02^ι
40	30	16	3.34^bac	2.47^ηθ	16	3.23^a	2.29^η	16	3.61^ih	3.22^ιθ
40	40	17	3.34^bac	2.53^ηζθ	16	3.15^a	2.33^ηζ	16	3.67^igh	5.08^βαγ
40	50	17	3.35^bac	2.55^ηζθ	18	3.15^a	2.10^ηθ	16	3.93^ghf	5.22^α
50	10	17	3.26^bac	2.57^ηζθ	18	3.18^a	2.20^η	16	3.98^eghf	3.25^ιθ
50	20	17	3.33^bac	2.58^ηεζθ	18	3.16^a	2.14^η	17	4.77^bac	4.88^εβδαγ
50	30	17	3.35^bac	2.58^ηεζθ	18	3.18^a	1.11^λ	17	4.08^egdf	5.16^βαγ
50	40	17	3.36^bac	2.59^ηεζθ	18	3.18^a	1.50^κ	17	4.75^bac	4.09^ζ
50	50	18	3.37^bac	2.60^ηεζθ	18	3.21^a	1.73^ι	17	5.08^a	4.76^εβδγ
60	10	19	3.36^bac	2.61^ηεζθ	19	3.20^a	1.82^ι	17	4.96^a	4.58^ε
60	20	19	3.38^bac	2.58^ηεζθ	19	3.21^a	2.65^εδ	17	4.07^egdf	5.17^αγ
60	30	20	3.38^bac	2.60^ηεζθ	19	3.15^a	2.76^εδγ	17	5.03^a	4.92^εβδαγ
60	40	20	3.39^bac	2.60^ηεζθ	19	3.24^a	2.60^ε	17	3.68^igh	2.94^ι
60	50	20	3.38^bac	2.61^ηεζθ	19	3.23^a	2.86^βδγ	17	4.78^bac	4.88^εβδαγ
70	10	20	3.42^bac	2.63^εζδ	21	3.36^a	3.04^βα	18	3.97^eghf	3.47^ηθ
70	20	20	3.42^bac	2.62^ηεζδ	21	3.30^a	3.15^α	18	4.82^ba	3.83^ηζ
70	30	20	3.42^bac	2.64^εζδ	22	3.33^a	2.90^βγ	19	4.41^dc	3.36^ιθ
70	40	21	3.43^ba	2.64^εζδ	22	3.35^a	2.53^εζ	19	4.35^ed	3.14^ιθ
70	50	21	3.44^ba	2.67^γεζδ	22	3.35^a	1.41^κ	19	3.95^eghf	4.62^εδ
80	10	21	3.45^a	2.67^γεζδ	22	3.36^a	2.75^εδγ	19	4.35^ed	4.61^ε
80	20	22	3.46^a	2.73^γεβδ	23	3.33^a	2.31^ηζ	20	3.64^ih	4.08^ζ
80	30	22	3.46^a	2.81^γβ	23	3.37^a	2.66^εδ	20	3.45^i	4.13^ζ
80	40	22	3.46^a	2.86^β	23	3.38^a	3.07^βα	20	3.57^ih	5.06^βδαγ
80	50	23	3.47^a	3.00^α	23	3.40^a	2.98^βαγ	20	3.70^igh	4.63^εδ
Control		16	3.23^c	2.77^γβδ	16	3.11^a	2.09^ηθ	15	4.45^bdc	4.71^εδγ
	CV	-	3.07	3.15	-	7.53	5.71	-	5.13	5.46
	value		1.24	6.45		0.42	50.21		16.30	31.73

Means with the same alphabet and Greek letter as superscript within columns are not significantly different at 5%.