Production of dried besarah recipes [electronic resource].

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Besarah recipe is a popular diet in Egypt due to its high nutritional value and cheap price. Seven different recipes were prepared. Only four of which recipes were selected being the most favorable as they attained the highest scores of panelist preference. These recipes were stored at room temperature in four layer aluminum package for up to 3 months during which, the chemical constituents, antioxidants, total chlorophyll as well as the microbial flora were determined. The obtained results revealed that recipe (No.3) which was prepared from dehulled dry broad bean, onion, garlic, salt, peppermint, dill, cumin, coriander (seeds), coriander (green) and caraway and recipe (No.4) prepared from dehulled dry broad bean, onion, garlic, salt, peppermint, cumin, coriander (seeds), coriander (green) and celery were the most suitable recipes to produce high quality products. These recipes contain the highest crude fibers, phenolic compounds and flavonoids being 16.59 and 16.81%; 84.4 and 93.58; 11.98 and 14.59 mg/g, respectively.

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