Decreasing the Cooking Time of the Dry Beans Without Lowering the Quality

The aim of this study is to decrease the cooking time of the dry beans without lowering the quality. a second soaking was applied to the dry beans after drying, which were cooked for 2 hours following the first cooking. the dry beans were dried at 40°c drying air temperature after the soaking. the volume of the beans was increased by about 16% through these procedures. cooking period after the second drying was decreased by 1 hour. results also showed that there was no split skin on the outer layers of the dry beans, which is a notable quality criterion, owing to the method used while soaking and, soaking and drying operations on the dry beans before packaging decreased the pre-cooking soaking and cooking period. thus, energy and time saving can be obtained during cooking.