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Alcoholic drinks from Sikkim, Darjeeling, Nepal

Bhaati jaanr

Made in 5 steps over 4 days – 10 days. The longest step, seal and ferment, takes 2–7 days.

Key numbers
Main step2–7 daysReported[fermdb]Seal and ferment
AciditypH 4.1Measured[thapa2004]Seal and ferment

What makes this one different

Rice instead of millet. Glutinous rice is cooked about 15 min and fermented 2–3 days in summer or 7–8 days in winter. Kept in a crock for a week or more, it yields a yellowish-white liquid called nigaar. The paste is eaten as food or diluted as a drink.

Fermentation
2–3 days in summer, 7–8 days in winter
Cooking
Glutinous rice cooked about 15 min

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
glutinous rice

Total time across the recorded steps: 4 days – 10 days

Start
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What changes: Finger millet is cooked and spread out to cool

Step 1 of 5 · steps of Kodo ko jaanr (finger-millet jaanr; base of tongba)
Wash and cook the millet, then cool it
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Rhizopus
Yeasts
Lactic acid bacteria

Output: cooked millet.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source