Effect of Cooking Methods on The Physicochemical and Organoleptic Properties of Inpari IR Nutrizinc and Inpari 45 Rice Varieties

Abstract

People usually cook rice in various methods, such as using steamer, rice pot and rice cooker. The Inpari IR Nutrizinc variety is claimed to be Zn-rich rice. The quality needs to be traced after it is cooked into steamed rice. This research aim was to study the effect of cooking methods on physicochemical and organoleptic properties of Inpari IR Nutrizinc and Inpari 45 rice varieties. The research design used was factorial randomized block design with 2 treatments i.e., cooking methods (steamer, rice pot and rice cooker) and rice varieties (Inpari IR Nutrizinc and Inpari 45), repeated three times. Results showed that the cooking method by using rice cooker was able to maintain the nutrition better than other treatments. Steamed rice from Inpari IR Nutrizinc has higher nutritional value than steamed rice from Inpari 45 variety, it contained of 54.88% moisture, 0.19% ash, 0.07% fat, 6.03% protein, 38.83% carbohydrate and 14.89 ppm zinc. Consumption of rice with high protein and Zinc content can support government programs in reducing stunting prevalence in Indonesia.