Use of rice flour in the bakery industry would lessen Sri Lanka’s
dependency on imported wheat flour and it also provides a solution for those consumers who are sensitive to gluten
proteins. However, limitations could be identified for rice flour when used in the bakery industry due to the lack of
gluten which is an essential requirement to maintain the quality of the baked products2. Rice flour can be modified
using chemical, physical and enzymatic methods3. However, this study used only physical modification methods since
it is very cheap and convenient method compare to chemical and enzymatic methods. Further, consumers are reluctant
to buy chemically and enzymatically modified products due to their health concerns. It has been shown that application
of simple physical treatment methods such as, heat and cold water soaking of rice kernels could improve functional
properties of rice which in turn gives the desired body and texture to the products made out of flour from the treated
kernels3. The main objective of this study was to investigate the changes in functional properties of rice flour derived
from four Sri Lankan traditional rice varieties after the application of single and dual physical treatment methods for
the fortification of bakery p