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Sinki

Fermented radish - Nepal, India, Bhutan. Salt, temperature, duration and pH as published, with the sentence each came from.

Also written Sinki (food).

Parameters

Fermentation temperature
30°C

The optimum fermentation time is twelve days at 30°C.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3

Optimum fermentation time
twelve days

The optimum fermentation time is twelve days at 30°C.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3

Pit method
two to three months

There is a second processing method involving fermentation in a clay lined pit for two to three months (Karki, 1986).

FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3

Starting pH
6.7

During fermentation the pH drops from 6.7 to 3.3.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3

Terminal pH
3.3

During fermentation the pH drops from 6.7 to 3.3.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3

Microbial succession
L. fermentum and L. brevis initiate, followed by L. plantarum

Sinki fermentation is initiated by L. fermentum and L. brevis, followed by L. plantarum.

FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3

Dried to moisture
about 21%

After fermentation, the radish substrate is sun-dried to a moisture level of about 21% (Steinkraus, 1996).

FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3

How it is made, step by step - 4 steps, each one quoted from FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3.

Substrate

Region

Method

Why this is here

Sinki (Nepali: सिन्की) is a Nepali preserved fermented vegetable, similar to gundruk.

English Wikipedia, Sinki (food), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Character

Described in the literature as acidic, sour, dry, soup, pickle.

Organisms

As named by the sources, under the names those sources used. Where a name has since been reassigned, the organism page says so and gives the current one.

The published record

SourceWhat it says
Tamang, J.P., Watanabe, K. and Holzapfel, W.H.Microorganisms isolated from some common and uncommon fermented vegetable products of the world.
Swain, M.R., Anandharaj, M., Ray, R.C. and Parveen Rani, R.Examples of traditional fermented fruits and vegetables, which are used in various parts of Asian subcontinent.

Same substrate

Same region

Fields on this page come from Literature FAO 134 Wikipedia. Nothing here is inferred from one field to fill another. What each dataset is, and what it is not allowed to supply, is on methodology.

Name, region and substrate partly from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0). Neither supplies a number on this site.