In this study resistant starch (RS) was extracted from five Himalayan rice cultivars and Indian Horse chestnut (HCN) using porcine pancreatin enzyme following which it was subsequently characterized for its physicochemical, structural and functional properties. In vitro digestibility test showed that RS content of the rice cultivars and HCN was in the range of 85.5 to 99.5%. The RS extracted from the rice cultivars and HCN showed significant difference in the apparent amylose content (AAC), ranging between 31.83 to 40.68% for rice and 45.79% for HCN. Water absorption capacity (WAC), swelling and solubility index of RS ranged from 112-133.9%, 5.28-7.25 g/g and 0.033-0.044 g/g, respectively. The rice RS granules were polyhedral and irregular shaped with granular length in the range of 4.8-5.9 µm. The HCN RS granule morphology showed smooth surfaced, round, elliptical, irregular and oval shapes with average granular length of 21 µm. Pasting behavior also varied significantly between rice RS and HCN RS with later showing the lower values of pasting properties. Thermal properties (T 0 , t p, t c ) and ΔH gel also varied considerably between the rice RS and HCN RS, wherein the highest values for peak gelatinization temperature and gelatinization enthalpy were seen for CH-1039. X-ray diffraction pattern of rice RS and HCN RS showed the characteristic A type of pattern in consonance with cereal starches.the dietary prevention of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, similarly Indian horse chestnut (Aesculus indica) with about 38.3% starch content 6 also serves as an important source for extraction of RS.Though several researchers have developed the RS from rice and HCN starches by using physical, chemical and enzymatic modifications, no systematic study has been done so far on the extraction of natural RS from rice and HCN. Therefore, the objective of this study was to extract and characterize the natural RS from the five Himalayan rice cultivars and HCN.Experimental setup. Materials. Five rice cultivars viz. SK-46, SK-338, SK-406, CH-1039 and CH-1007 were procured from SKUAST-K. The seeds of Indian Horse Chestnut (HCN) were harvested from the trees of Botanical garden, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, India, 190006. Seeds were dehulled and stored at refrigeration temperature until further use. Glucose oxidase/peroxidase reagent (GOPOD) was purchased from Megazyme International, Wicklow, Ireland. Pancreatin, amyloglucosidase and α-amylase were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, USA. All other reagents used in the study were of analytical grade.Starch extraction. Starch was extracted from five rice cultivars and HCN by the alkaline steeping method 7 .Resistant starch extraction. Briefly 4 g starch (dry weight basis) and 160 mL of enzyme mixture were added, mixture was vortexed and incubated in a shaking water bath 37 °C for 16 h (200 strokes/min) to hydrolyze the digestible starch (Enzyme mixture was prepared by suspending 3.2 g pancreatin in 320 mL of 0.1 M sodium acetate bu...