Research Article
Utilization of Kañawa (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) Flour in Pasta Making
Table 4
Cooking properties of wheat pasta and wheat-kañawa pasta.
| Pasta sample | OCT (min) | Water absorption (g kg−1) | Swelling index | Cooking loss (g kg−1) | Firmness (N) | Cohesiveness | Springiness | Chewiness (N) | Resilience |
| Control | 10 | 1360a | 1.94a | 44.0a | 1.21c | 0.70d | 0.87d | 0.74e | 0.10c | L1-10% | 7 | 1670c | 2.23b | 59.0b | 1.22c | 0.64c | 0.85cd | 0.66d | 0.08b | L1-20% | 7 | 1730d | 2.33c | 60.5b | 1.27c | 0.61b | 0.84c | 0.65d | 0.08b | L1-30% | 7 | 1810e | 2.60d | 68.8c | 1.06a | 0.59ab | 0.72a | 0.45a | 0.06a | L2-10% | 7 | 1550b | 2.21b | 71.0c | 1.14b | 0.64c | 0.80b | 0.58c | 0.07a | L2-20% | 7 | 1676c | 2.38c | 76.0c | 1.11ab | 0.57a | 0.71a | 0.45a | 0.06a | L2-30% | 7 | 1800e | 2.59d | 88.0d | 1.13b | 0.59ab | 0.78b | 0.52b | 0.06a |
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Values followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different ( ). |