| Rice aging is an important characteristic for cooked rice. Aged rice is needed by consumer especially Thai people and other people in the world. It takes at least 4 months to age rice. Accelerated aging of rice can be done by heating. This research used a continuous microwave of 1,000 watts to accelerate aging of milled rice cv. Patumthani 1. The initial moisture content of milled rice was 13%. The milled rice was treated with microwave by using speed number 4,5, 6,7, 8 (speed 0.0164, 0.0233, 0.0269, 0.0287, 0.0318 m/s) with the time of heating 34.85, 24.43, 21.17, 19.22, 17.91 seconds per round. The test was done for 1, 2 and 3 rounds and the other is not treated with microwave (control). The rice is stored at room temperature (28±2 ºC). The milled rice... |
