The invention discloses a method for delaying aging and
retrogradation of refrigerated rice by combining a cooking-prior-to-
steaming process with a
magnetic field, and belongs to the technical field of
food processing. The method comprises the following steps; treating the raw materials, boiling,
steaming, and refrigerating with assistance of a
magnetic field. According to the method, a certain amount of
starch is washed away through a
cooking process, water is promoted to permeate into rice grains to participate in
starch gelatinization, finished rice with fluffy rice grains and tender taste is obtained through a
steaming process, and the
retrogradation and rearrangement process of rice
starch molecules in the
refrigeration process is delayed through
magnetic field assisted
refrigeration. The cooking and steaming process is combined with the magnetic field to assist
refrigeration for cooperative treatment, and aging and
retrogradation of the rice in the refrigeration process can be effectively delayed. The method disclosed by the invention is simple in process, and the prepared rice has lower retrogradation degree under the same storage condition, and has the advantages of low
hardness, good
viscosity, better
taste quality and longer
shelf life.