Development of nim nuan dessert partially substituted glutinous rice flour with banana bud powder

Abstract

This research studied: 1) the history of Nim Nuan dessert 2) the standard recipe of Nim Nuan dessert 3) The volume of syrup and banana bud power (BBP) which replaced glutinous rice flour in the standard recipe 4) the accepted recipe of Nim Nuan dessert by substitution of glutinous rice flour with BBP, and 5) comparison of nutritional value between the standard formula and the accepted recipe of BBP Nim Nuan dessert. The experts in Thai Dessert field were interviewed about history and standard recipe of Nim Nuan dessert. The glutinous rice flour was substituted with BBP by 5%, 10% , 15% , and 2 0 % of weight of glutinous rice flour in the developed Nim Nuan formulations. 9 – point hedonic scale was used for consumer acceptance testing and the nutritional values between the standard recipe and the accepted recipe of BBP Nim Nuan dessert, were compared. The results showed that Nim Nuan dessert is a local dessert of Rayong Province the main ingredients are glutinous rice flour 32.57%, syrup 31.27%, rice flour 6.51%, coconut 29.32% and salt 0.33%. The amount of BBP inverse proportion with volume syrup decrease 26.0% from 30.5% of syrup usage. The 9-point hedonic test show that the most satisfy of BBP Nim Nuan dessert recipe contains 15% of BBP. The sensory scores in appearance were 6.93±0.87, 6.87±0.86, 6.50±1.11, 7.07±0.78, 6.00±0.81 and 7 . 4 7 ±0.68 for appearance, color, smell, taste, texture and overall satisfaction, respectively. Higher calorie value, carbohydrate, iron, fiber, calcium and phosphorus contents and lower in protein and fat contents were found in the accepted recipe BBP Nim Nuan dessert than that of original recipe.