Kinetic Studies on Cooking of Rice of Various Polishing Degrees

도정도별 쌀의 취반에 대한 역학적 연구

The mechanism of cooking rice was investigated using a japonica type rice variety, Akibare, of 50%, 70% and 90% polishing degrees. The hardness of rice cooked at various cooking temperatures ($90^{\circ}-120^{\circ}C$) was measured with a Texturometer. The cooking rate followed the equation of a first-order reaction. The reaction rate constants were in the increasing order of 50%, 70% and 90% polished rice. The temperature coefficient of the reaction rate constant at cooking temperatures of ($90^{\circ}-100^{\circ}C$) was about 2 in all rice samples. The activation energies of cooking at temperatures below $100^{\circ}C$ and above $100^{\circ}C$ were about 17,000 and 9,000 cal/mole, respectively. The polishing degrees and water soaking time of rice did not affect the activation energy of cooking; however, the lower polishing degrees and shorter soaking increased the cooking time The experimental results suggested that the cooking process of rice comprises two mechanisms: At temperatures below $100^{\circ}C$ the cooking rate is controlled by the reaction rate of rice constituents with water, and at temperatures above $100^{\circ}C$, it is controlled by the rate of diffusion of water through the cooked portion (or layer) toward the interface of uncooked core in which the reaction is occurring.

쌀의 취반에 대한 기작을 아끼바레(도정도,50%,70% 및 90%)를 이용하여 연구하였다. 취반(취반온도 $90^{\circ}-120^{\circ}C$)후 밥알의 hardness는 Texturometer로 측정하였다. 취반속도는 1차 반응의 식으로 표시될 수 있었으며, 취반온도 $90^{\circ}-120^{\circ}C$사이의 온도 계수는 2 이었다. 취반의 활성화 에너지는 $100^{\circ}C$이하에서는 약 17,000cal/mole, $100^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 약 9,000cal/mole이었다. 쌀의 도정도 및 쌀의 취반전 침지시간은 활성화 에너지에 영향을 주지 않았으나, 반응속도 상수는 도정도가 높아질수록 증가하였고 취반시간은 반대로 감소하였다. 쌀의 취반과정은 다음의 두 기작으로 설명할 수 있었다. 즉 취반온도는 $100^{\circ}C$이하에서는 쌀의 성분 및 물에 의한 화학반응이, 취반온도 $100^{\circ}C$이상에서는 취반된 부분으로부터 취반되지 않은 부분(즉 반응이 진행되고 있는 부분)으로의 물의 확산속도가 취반속도를 제한하였다.