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| Title: | Biotechnology in Tradition – A process technology of alcoholic beverages practiced by different tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, North East India |
| Authors: | Shrivastava, Karuna
Greeshma, A G
Srivastava, Brijesh |
| Keywords: | Alcoholic beverages
Arunachal Pradesh
Tradition
Process technology |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: C12 G, A47 G, A23L 1/29, A23L 1/09, A23B 9/00 |
| Abstract: | North eastern region of India in general and Arunachal
Pradesh in particular is well known for their age old practice of preparation
of alcoholic fermented beverages. These beverages are produced manually and
locally using traditional practices as transferred to them by their ancestors.
There are 25 major and about 125 sub-tribes inhabiting in the state. These
ethnic groups offer an excellent opportunity for studying their traditional
practices of preparing alcoholic drinks. Different cereal and millet based
fermented beverages are major dietary constituent of their day to day life.
These drinks are considered nutritious and of high caloric value. However,
whole fermentation process is done without any technical control and hygienic
input. In this paper, traditional biotechnological processes of alcoholic
beverage preparation as followed by
21 different tribes residing in 14 (out of 16) districts of Arunachal Pradesh,
their consumption pattern and per capita consumption of these beverages have
been documented. Socio-cultural importance of alcoholic drinks in relation to
tribal lifestyle of the state has also been studied. |
| Page(s): | 81-89 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(1) [January 2012]
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