文摘
The performance or quality of the Virgin coconut oil (VCO) during continuous/prolonged deep fat frying of soaked bengal gram dhal was evaluated at 180?°C?±-?°C for 8?h with the help of physico-chemical and rheological parameters. Chemical changes indicated that the free fatty acid (FFA) content and TBA increased significantly (p?≤-.05) from 0.11 to 0.98?% lauric acid and 0.06 to 0.61 malonaldehyde/kg of oil respectively. Initially, the peroxide value (PV) of VCO sample was 3.25 meqO2/kg which increased to 9.12 meqO2/kg after 6?h of frying but at the end of frying the value of PV was again found to decrease (8.01 meqO2/kg). The regression coefficients (R2) between CD232, CT270 and frying time were 0.964 and 0.983 respectively. The L*, a* and b* colour values measured on the CIELAB colour scale showed a decrease in L* and increase in a*, b* values after 8?h of continuous frying. The p-AV and total polar compounds were increased significantly (p?≤-.05) from 2.41 to 17.93 and 2.77 to 8.14?% respectively. Initially, the viscosity of VCO was 49.87cp which increased to 69.87cp after 8?h of continuous frying. The FTIR spectra justify that VCO samples after 8?h of frying found to be stable and acceptable as there was no change occurred at 1,739?cm? frequency which mainly corresponded to carbonylic compounds resulted from the hydroperoxide decompositions after 8?h of continuous frying.