Effects of germination time and drying temperature on drying characteristics and quality of germinated paddy

•Germination time affected the GABA content, hardness and fissuring of germinated paddy.•Germination time did not affect the drying curves of germinated paddy.•Drying at higher drying temperature affected the number of fissured germinated paddy.•The Deff values of husk were different with those of germinated brown rice.