Optimasi Suhu dan Waktu Penggorengan Hampa (vacuum frying) Keripik Talas (Colocasia esculenta)

Abstract

Taro is a carbohydrate crops potentially as subtitution of rice or for food diversification. Mentawai Islands have a great taro production. Post harvest handling of taro comonly is done by processing it into chips. Conventional frying has the disadvantage that the oil temperature is too high so it can stimulate the acrylamide compound that carsinogenic compound. One of suitable frying technology is called vacuum frying. The aim of this research were to determine the effect of temperature and frying time to physic-chemical characteristic of taro chips, to determine the best temperature and frying time, and to determine the production cost of taro chips. Taro was fried with temperature 102, 107, 112 °C and time of 25, 30, 35 minutes. Temperature and time treatment significantly influenced to physic-chemical parameters such as moisture content, carbohydrate content, hardness, and colors. The best temperature and time for frying taro chips is 112 °C for 30 minutes. The production cost of taro chips for every 100 grams is 5 750 Rupiahs