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Effect of Cooking Methods on Nutritional Properties of Lotus Rhizome<br />

(Nelumbo nucifera)<br />

Chen Siow Yee<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Tengku Rozaina Tengku Mohamad<br />

Bachelor of Food Science (Food Service and Nutrition)<br />

School of Food Science and Technology<br />

Lotus rhizome (Nelumbo nucifera) is a popular vegetable in Chinese cuisine, which is rich<br />

in nutrients such as dietary fibre, vitamin C and minerals. The objective of this study is<br />

to determine the effect of cooking methods on nutritional properties of lotus rhizome.<br />

Three cooking methods (boiling, steaming and deep frying) will be applied in this study.<br />

The cooked sample will then be compared with raw sample in proximate (moisture, ash,<br />

crude fat, crude protein, crude fibre and total carbohydrate), minerals, vitamin C and<br />

dietary fibre analysis. It is expected that deep frying decreases moisture content and<br />

increases fat content while boiling and steaming increases moisture content. Dietary fibre<br />

will also expected to increase while ash, crude protein, crude fibre, total carbohydrate,<br />

minerals and vitamin C will be loss after cooking. It is also predicted that boiling has the<br />

highest loss while steaming has the smallest loss of nutrient.<br />

1151 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY

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