D. R. Sood ¹, A. P. Singh ², K. R. Gupta ³, Shilpa ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, Kaul CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar -125 004, IN
2 Regional Rice station, Kaul CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar -125 004, IN
3 Kaul CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar -125 004, IN
4 Department of Veterinary Pathology,SKUAST, R.S. Puram, Jammu, IN

Abstract

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) occupies the enviable prime place among food crops. Increasing productivity and sustained production of rice are critical for food and nutritional security. Rice is consumed largely in the cooked form and is also nutritious and hypoallergenic which make rice products staple food ingredients. It is also used in many value added products due to some of its unique functional properties such as flavour carrying capacity and hypoallergenity. It is a common practice to age the freshly harvested rice at least for six months before consumption.

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S. C. Deka ¹, S. Sood ¹, K. R. Gupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry Regional Rice Research Station, Kaul, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, IN

Abstract

Rice, the major staple cereal food in many parts of the world, is used as a supplementary food in many countries. It is a common practice to age the freshly harvested rice at least for six months before consumption. Storage induced aging has both desirable and undesirable effects on the end products, depending upon storage conditions and rice variety. Aromatic rice has been very popular and command a higher price in the rice market than non aromatic rice varieties. Aroma is the result of genetic factors and environment.

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