Ethnic fermented and preserved fish products of India and Nepal
Author(s) -
Namrata Thapa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of ethnic foods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2352-619X
pISSN - 2352-6181
DOI - 10.1016/j.jef.2016.02.003
Subject(s) - dried fish , shrimp , fish <actinopterygii> , fermented fish , salted fish , geography , fish products , fermentation in food processing , fishery , biology , lactic acid , genetics , bacteria
The people of the Eastern Himalayan regions of Nepal, Bhutan; and Darjeeling hills, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur in North East India prepare and consume different types of traditionally processed smoked/sun-dried/fermented/salted fish products. Suka ko maacha and gnuchi are ethnic smoked and dried fish products; sidra and sukuti are sun-dried fish products; ngari, hentak, tungtap, and shidal are fermented fish products; and karati, bordia, and lashim are sun-dried and salted fish products. No fish sauce or shrimp products are prepared and used as condiments in the local diet in the Eastern Himalayan regions
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