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| Title: | Chhang - A barley based alcoholic beverage of Ladakh, India |
| Authors: | Targais, Konchok
Stobdan, Tsering
Mundra, Sunil
Ali, Zulfikar
Yadav, Ashish
Korekar, Girish
Singh, Shashi Bala |
| Keywords: | Alcoholic
Beverage
Chhang
Ladakh |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: C12 G, A47 G, A23B 9/00, A21D 2/00 |
| Abstract: | Chhang is one of the important and indispensable barley based alcoholic
beverage prepared and consumed by the people of Ladakh for centuries. Chhang forms a part of sociocultural
life and no social activities is complete without the beverage. It quenches
thirst, gives energy and provides nutrition. Kholak made of chhang and
barley flour is a preferred food of shepherds. Steps involve in chhang preparation includes cleaning and
boiling of barley grains, cooling, addition of starter culture, fermentation,
filtration and blending. The beverage was analysed for alcohol content, pH and titrable acidity using standard
analytical methods. Results showed that the fermented beverage contains 5-7%
alcohol, pH 3.6 to 3.8, acidity
0.55 to 0.65%. |
| Page(s): | 190-193 |
| 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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