The tribal or indigenous people inhabiting the Indian subcontinent with
a population of 53.8 million in 5,000 forest dominated villages have
plethora of traditional knowledge of their environment that correlates
to the immediate nature and the resources that reside therein.
Indigenous fermented foods are an intrinsic part of diet of the ethnic
tribes in the Himalayan belt of India, being the oldest and most
economic methods for development of a diversity of aroma, flavor,
texture; food preservation and biological enrichment of food products
by the manipulation of different microbial population. Human healthbenefits
include its antagonistic role against lactose-intolerance, high
cholesterol level, cancer and diabetes. Vegetable based fermented
foods like gundruk; sinki; anishi are prepared by tribes of Arunachal
Pradesh; Sikkim and Nagaland respectively. Kinema; bhatootu,
marchu and chilra; tungrymbai are cereal and pulse based fermented
food indigenous to people in Darjeeling hills and Sikkim; Himachal
Pradesh and Meghalaya respectively. Fermented bamboo shoot
products like soibum and mesu form a major part of the diet among the
tribes of Manipur; Darjeeling and Sikkim respectively. Fermented fish
foods such as ngari and hentak are relished by the tribal population of
Manipur. Fermented milk beverages such as kadi, churpa and nudu;
and alcohol such as ghanti, jann and daru are consumed locally in
Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal respectively. The review briefly
discusses the traditional way of carrying out spontaneous natural
fermentation of these foods using starter microbial culture at the
The tribal or indigenous people inhabiting the Indian subcontinent witha population of 53.8 million in 5,000 forest dominated villages haveplethora of traditional knowledge of their environment that correlatesto the immediate nature and the resources that reside therein.Indigenous fermented foods are an intrinsic part of diet of the ethnictribes in the Himalayan belt of India, being the oldest and mosteconomic methods for development of a diversity of aroma, flavor,texture; food preservation and biological enrichment of food productsby the manipulation of different microbial population. Human healthbenefitsinclude its antagonistic role against lactose-intolerance, highcholesterol level, cancer and diabetes. Vegetable based fermentedfoods like gundruk; sinki; anishi are prepared by tribes of ArunachalPradesh; Sikkim and Nagaland respectively. Kinema; bhatootu,marchu and chilra; tungrymbai are cereal and pulse based fermentedfood indigenous to people in Darjeeling hills and Sikkim; HimachalPradesh and Meghalaya respectively. Fermented bamboo shootproducts like soibum and mesu form a major part of the diet among thetribes of Manipur; Darjeeling and Sikkim respectively. Fermented fishfoods such as ngari and hentak are relished by the tribal population ofManipur. Fermented milk beverages such as kadi, churpa and nudu;and alcohol such as ghanti, jann and daru are consumed locally inHimachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal respectively. The review brieflydiscusses the traditional way of carrying out spontaneous naturalfermentation of these foods using starter microbial culture at the
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