Conclusion
Treatment of water chestnut slices with 0.1 g/100 g KMS and
0.5 g/100 g citric acid for 30 min before drying exhibited best
results in terms color of theflour. The mean particle size of water
chestnutflour calculated was 268.20mm. The granules present in
water chestnutflour were polyhedral, bearing smooth surface and
diameter in the range of 5e20mm. With the increase in proportion
of water chestnutflour the values for water absorption increased
linearly from 28.45 to 89.75 g/100 g. The optimized water chestnut
flour showed higher peak viscosity and lowerfinal viscosity than
the market flour. Cookies prepared from water chestnut flour
blends earned good response from sensory panel.