(Fig. 1).
The rice germ was present in the PGBR. The location of the germ
was at the epic lateral of the grain (Fig. 1). In addition, the germ
part could still be observed in the PGBR of boiled rice. However,
the size was smaller compared with raw rice. This loss occurred
during cooking, which also applied to the fried and steamed rice
of PGBR (Fig. 1).
The white rice, after being subjected to thermal cooking in all
methods, exhibited rougher surface when compared with BR and
PGBR (Fig. 1). Furthermore, WR and PGBR had similar lengths of
grain size after boiling. However, after steaming and frying, WR
was elongated and swollen, whereas PGBR was still intact with a
less swollen degree. The size of the cooked rice was larger for all