Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of India: Science History and Culture

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-981-15-1485-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 685 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1330 g

This book provides detailed information on the various ethnic fermented foods and beverages of India. India is home to a diverse food culture comprising fermented and non-fermented ethnic foods and alcoholic beverages. More than 350 different types of familiar, less-familiar and rare ethnic fermented foods and alcoholic beverages are traditionally prepared by the country’s diverse ethnic groups, and include alcoholic, milk, vegetable, bamboo, legume, meat, fish, and cereal based beverages. Most of the Indian ethnic fermented foods are naturally fermented, whereas the majority of the alcoholic beverages have been prepared using dry starter culture and the ‘back-sloping’ method for the past 6,000 years. A broad range of culturable and unculturable microbiomes and mycobiomes are associated with the fermentation and production of ethnic foods and alcoholic drinks in India. 

The book begins with detailed chapters on various aspects including food habits, dietary culture,and the history, microbiology and health benefits of fermented Indian food and beverages. Subsequent chapters describe unique and region-specific ethnic fermented foods and beverages from all 28 states and 9 union territories. In turn the classification of various ethnic fermented foods and beverages, their traditional methods of preparation, culinary practices and mode of consumption, socio-economy, ethnic values, microbiology, food safety, nutritional value, and process optimization in some foods are discussed in details with original pictures. In closing, the book addresses the medicinal properties of the fermented food products and their health benefits, together with corresponding safety regulations.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tamang, Jyoti Prakash

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. History and Culture of Indian Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages.- Chapter 2. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Arunachal Pradesh.- Chapter 3. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Assam.- Chapter 4. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Bihar and Jharkhand.- Chapter 5. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Chhattisgarh.- Chapter 6. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Goa.- Chapter 7. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Gujarat and Rajasthan.- Chapter 8. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Himachal Pradesh.- Chapter 9. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Alcoholic Beverages of Karnataka.- Chapter 10. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Jammu and Kashmir.- Chapter 11. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Kerala.- Chapter 12. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Madhya Pradesh.- Chapter 13. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Maharashtra.- Chapter 14. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Manipur.- Chapter 15. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Meghalaya.- Chapter 16. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Mizoram.- Chapter 17. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Nagaland.- Chapter 18. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration).- Chapter 19. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Tamilnadu.- Chapter 20. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.- Chapter 21. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Tripura.- Chapter 22. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.- Chapter 23. Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of West Bengal and Odisha.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Dr. Jyoti Prakash Tamang is one of the pioneer microbiologists working on the interpretation of “ethno-microbiology” to molecular food microbiology associated with age-old ethnic fermented foods and beverages of India, Nepal and Bhutan, a field he has investigated for the past 33 years using a range of metagenomics/omics and bioinformatics tools. He has also sparked significant interest in ethnic fermented foods by establishing knowledge-based resources and promoting academic interest in India. He has more than 154 publications to his credit, including several books with international publishers - Himalayan Fermented Foods: Microbiology, Nutrition, and Ethnic Values (CRC Press, New York 2010), Fermented Foods and Beverages of the World (CRC Press, 2010), Health Benefits of Fermented Foods and Beverages (CRC Press, 2015) and Ethnic Fermented Foods and Alcoholic Beverages of Asia (Springer Nature, New Delhi 2016). He has received several national and international awards, and is currently the senior-most Professor in Microbiology and Dean of Sikkim Central University, Gangtok, India.