Stress relaxation of reconstituted cassava dough

The viscoelastic characteristics of reconstituted cassava dough were evaluated using a stress-relaxation test. Cassava parenchyma (peeled root) processed under different cooking conditions and left at either −5 or −20 °C for 24 h was used to obtain flour, which was reconstituted into dough. Two stress-relaxation models (Maxwell two-termed and Peleg) were fitted to experimental data. Both models were valid for quantifying the relaxation behaviour; but the Maxwell model was better to predict experimental data. Most dough rheological attributes depend on the cooking method and the storage temperature. Dough samples made with flour from parenchyma boiled and left at −20 °C for 24 h had higher values of elasticity moduli, higher viscosity values and lower values of Peleg constants.