Instant Wide Strip Rice Noodle

Abstract

Inorder to improve instant wide strip rice noodle quality, the fresh noodle, was prepared by using rice flour composite to modified rice starch by cross-linking with 0.01% epichlorohydrin at ratio 0, 25, 50,75 and 100% of modified rice starch to be formulas 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively, and compared between 2 methods of drying, first method using tray-drier and second method using freeze-thaw and then tray-drier. The result showed that the instant noodle formula No.3 which was used the equal amount of flour and modified starch (50%) gave good quality fresh noodle which was pale yellowish color, soft and elastic. When compared the drying method, it was found that the tray-drier gave better result than the freeze-thaw and tray-drier. The rehydration of noodle from the frist drying method showed better rehydration (2.38) than the second method (2.02). The results from the Lloyd-texture instrument indicated that the third formula gave good texture and better elasticity than the others. The force was 0.85 Newton and length was 16.6 mm.