INTRODUCTION
The gelatinization temperature is an important characteristic of starch properties. Many methods have been regularly used to determine the gelatinization temperatures; they are generally based on the physical changes of starch granules and suspensions during gradual heating to the full paste state. The Brabender amylograph viscometer has been used to measure the viscosity changes in starch suspensions which increase until reaching peak viscosity.(1) Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has been used to