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
- Optimum fermentation time
- twelve days
- Pit method
- two to three months
- Microbial succession
- L. fermentum and L. brevis initiate, followed by L. plantarum
- Dried to moisture
- about 21%
The optimum fermentation time is twelve days at 30°C.
The optimum fermentation time is twelve days at 30°C.
There is a second processing method involving fermentation in a clay lined pit for two to three months (Karki, 1986).
Sinki fermentation is initiated by L. fermentum and L. brevis, followed by L. plantarum.
After fermentation, the radish substrate is sun-dried to a moisture level of about 21% (Steinkraus, 1996).
How it is made, step by step - 4 steps, each one quoted from FAO Bulletin 134 6.3.3.
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
| Source | What 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
- Dry-salted cucumber pickle
- Goyang
- Gundruk
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- Mesu
- Bori
- Chamba chukh
- Chhundo
- Dry-salted lime pickle
- Ekung
- Eup
- Ginger pickle
- Green mango pickle
- Hirring
- Inziangsang
- Jackfruit pickle
- Kanji
- Lime pickle (brined)
- Soibum
- Soidon
- Tuaithur
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.