Table 3 Colour values and Texture profile analysis (TPA) of cooked pearl millets of whole, decorticated, HARF treated (whole) and HARF treated-decorticated pearl millets at 15% for 15 min

Cooking time (min)

30

20

30

20

L*

27.21±0.02^a

37.42±0.01^b

29.12±0.04^c

37.64±0.02^d

a*

2.12±0.02^a

0.86±0.03^b

2.42±0.02^c

0.94±0.02^d

b*

8.11±0.02^a

6.65±0.03^b

8.52±0.02^c

7.43±0.02^d

Hardness

2044.0±199.0^ab

586.0±356.0^b

2711.0±1188.0^a

730.3±86.8^b

Springiness

1.00±0.00^a

1.00±0.00^a

1.00±0.00^a

1.00±0.00^a

Cohesiveness

7.69±1.62^a

8.98±6.09^a

4.99±2.65^a

5.56±3.62^a

Gumminess

15737±3547^a

4944±2989^a

15259±13666^a

4108±2877^a