Pastiong properties of native and modified rice starch. The pasting properties of starch was obtained from RVA with 2.5 g dried starch dispersed in 25 ml of distilled water. A heating and cooling cycle was programmed in the following manner; the sample was heated from 50 to 95 for 3 min, held at 95 for 2 min and cooled to 50 within 3 min. The gelatinization parameters such as maximum gelatinization temperature, peak viscosity, holding strength, final viscosity, break down, and set back were determined.