Water chestnut starches showed an increase in syneresis
during freeze thaw cycles and decline in paste clarity upon storage. Starch extracted from the water chestnuts of the
Dal Lake showed higher water binding capacity, swelling, solubility, past clarity, freeze thaw stability, peak
viscosity, final viscosity and lower protein content, amylose content, pasting temperature and gel firmness than
starches extracted from water chestnuts of the Wular and the Anchar Lakes.