Table 4.
Pre-drying time | Frying time | ||
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60 s | 70 s | 80 s | |
Oil content (%) | |||
0 min (control) | 40.94 ± 1.21a,A | 48.33 ± 4.12a,B | 57.81 ± 5.80b,C |
10 min | 40.47 ± 4.72a,A | 45.81 ± 0.90a,B | 48.19 ± 4.92a,B |
20 min | 39.90 ± 3.10a,A | 43.83 ± 3.23a,AB | 47.67 ± 4.03a,B |
30 min | 39.54 ± 3.84a,A | 42.33 ± 2.73a,AB | 45.88 ± 1.82a,B |
Moisture content (%) | |||
0 min (control) | 18.52 ± 1.21a,A | 16.00 ± 0.33a,AB | 13.64 ± 1.11a,B |
10 min | 14.81 ± 1.10b,A | 13.79 ± 2.04b,A | 12.50 ± 0.71a,A |
20 min | 11.54 ± 0.52b,A | 10.70 ± 0.85c,AB | 8.33 ± 0.61b,B |
30 min | 5.88 ± 0.42c,A | 4.76 ± 0.45d,A | 4.17 ± 0.63c,A |
* Lower-case letters indicate significant differences between pre-drying times (p < 0.05)
* Capital letters indicate significant differences between frying times (p < 0.05)