Textural and Eye Qualities of <i>Injera</i> Prepared from Quality Protein Maize and Teff Blended Flours

Umer Asrat Yasin

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Textural and Eye Qualities of Injera Prepared from Quality Protein Maize and Teff Blended Flours

Umer Asrat Yasin

Published in International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 4)

Received: 18 May 2021 Accepted: 5 July 2021 Published: 13 July 2021

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Abstract

Injera is fermented, leavened, flat and round pancake-like Ethiopian traditional bread, and made from cereals like teff, wheat, barley, sorghum, maize or a combination of some of these cereals. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of blending ratio and fermentation times on the textural and eye /hole/ characteristics of injera prepared from quality protein maize (QPM) and teff composite flours. Factorial design of two factors in CRD arrangement was used. The factors were blending ratio of teff flour (20%, 30%, and 40%) and fermentation times (48hr, 60hr, and 72hr). The sensory acceptability scores for eye-size, texture, and rollability were ranged from 5.08 to 5.50, 5.01 to 5.76, and 4.61 to 5.69 due to blending ratio, respectively and from 5.18 to 5.41, 5.28 to 5.48, and 5.08 to 5.29 due to fermentation times, respectively tested for fresh injera. The peak force, which indicate the firmness level of injera samples also varied significantly (p<0.05) and the values ranged between 2.23 to 3.13 N (first day) due to blending ratio and from 2.59 to 2.69 N (first day) due to fermentation times. Increasing the blending proportions of teff flour in the composite was found improving the texture, firmness, and eye qualities of QPM-teff composite injera samples.

Published in	International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnfs.20211004.11
Page(s)	78-85
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Quality Protein Maize, Teff, Injera, Texture, Firmness

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Umer Asrat Yasin. Textural and Eye Qualities of Injera Prepared from Quality Protein Maize and Teff Blended Flours. Int J Nutr Food Sci. 2021;10(4):78-85. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20211004.11

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Umer Asrat Yasin

Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa, Ethiopia

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