Studies on the baking properties of wheat: pigeonpea flour blends

Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 1999;54(3):217-26. doi: 10.1023/a:1008158208549.

Abstract

Pigeonpea flour was substituted at levels of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25% to wheat flour and whole wheat meal for bread and Chapatti making, respectively. Blends were prepared up to 50% for cookie making. Increasing levels of pigeonpeas in the blends significantly increased the protein and mineral content of the baked products. The bread from 10% pigeonpea flour blend with 2-3% vital gluten and 0.5% SSL had high loaf volume and loaf quality. Blends containing 15% pigeonpea flour were acceptable for Chapatti and 30% pigeonpea flour with 0.25% SSL were acceptable for cookie making.

MeSH terms

  • Bread / analysis*
  • Cooking
  • Fabaceae / chemistry*
  • Flour / standards*
  • Food Handling*
  • Humans
  • Nutritive Value
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Seeds / chemistry*
  • Taste
  • Triticum / chemistry*