[Effect of extraction and starch types for cincau gel by extraction and optimum boiling]
1998
Nusantoro, B.P. (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Fakultas Teknologi Pertanian)
Black cincau (Mesona palustris) gel is made traditionally by boiling a mixture containing the alkaline extract of the herb and starch followed by cooking to room temperature. In this study, herb extraction time and boiling time of the mixed stuff were optimized based on the smallest degree of syneresis of the gel following cold storage. The alkaline solutions use were solution of qi (traditional alkali) ash and of NaOH at pH 11 and the starches were of tapioca, aren (Arenga pinnata) and sago. Effects of type of alkaline solutions and different starches on the characteristics of gel were also studies. The optimum extraction time using qi ash 4 percent was 70 min. When the extraction using NaOH at pH 11 was affected, it needed 60 min to get the extract which resulted the most stable gel. The optimum boiling time of the qi extract mixed with tapioca, aren, and sago starches were 60, 40, and 50 min, respectively. Boiling the NaOH extract mixed with tapioca, aren, and sago starched needed 70, 40, and 50 min, respectively, to get the best result. Extraction using qi 4 percent gave higher total solid of the extract and higher pH of the gel. The highest breaking strength of the gel was produced when the formula comprising qi solution and aren was adopted. The gels made from qi extract boiled along with aren and sago starches gave more acceptable gels than that along with tapioca starch. Extraction using the NaOH solution improved the acceptability of the gel model with tapioca starch
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