Cookery Recitation (Starch and Cereals)

Which of the following is a good source of starch? Click all the possible answers.

• potato

• rice

• corn

• tapioca

It is a polysaccharide made up of hundreds or even thousands of glucose molecules joined together.

What are the two molecules of starch?

It is the sum of changes that occur in the first stages of heating granules in a moist environment which include swelling of granules as water is absorbed and disruption of the organized granule structure.

The process in which starch molecule, particularly the amylose fraction, re-associate or bond together in an ordered structure by gelatinization; ultimately a crystalline order appears.

It is oozing of liquid from gel when cut and allowed to stand (e.g. jelly or baked custard)

The resistance to flow; increase in thickness or consistency.

It is any grain that is used for food.

• Cereals

• Grain

• Starch

• malt

What could the cereals provide to our body? Tick all the possible answer.

• Fats

• Carbohydrates

• water

• Minerals

• Vitamins

What are the functional properties of starch?

• Moisture retainer

• Colloidal stabilizers

• gel forming agents

• binders

• flavor carriers