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Soy and legumes from India

Bhallae / bhalle (fermented black-gram food, India)भल्ले

Bhallae is a mildly acidic fermented black-gram food from India, eaten as a side dish. A 2016 review lists a mixed community of yeasts, lactic bacteria and Bacillus subtilis for it.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Bhallae / bhalle itself.

Short entrySoy and legumes

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
dehulled black gram (Vigna mungo, urad dal)
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What changes: Soaked black gram is ground into a thick batter

Step 1 of 3
Soak and grind black gram to a thick batter
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Yeasts
Lactic acid bacteria

Output: urad batter.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
thick batter
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

At a glance

Bhallae is a mildly acidic fermented black-gram food from India, eaten as a side dish. A 2016 review lists a mixed community of yeasts, lactic bacteria and Bacillus subtilis for it. Yeasts and Lactic acid bacteria do most of the fermenting.

What makes this one different

Tamang and colleagues list bhallae as mildly acidic, unlike the alkaline, sticky soybean foods fermented by Bacillus in the same table, such as bekang [Tamang2016].

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [Tamang2016] Tamang J.P., Watanabe K., Holzapfel W.H. 2016, Review, diversity of microorganisms in global fermented foods and beverages, Frontiers in Microbiology 7:377 (table entry citing Rani and Soni 2007)paper
  2. [s2] Rani D.K., Soni S.K. 2007. Applications and commercial uses of microorganisms. In: Soni S.K. (ed.) Microbes: a source of energy for 21st century. Delhi: Jai Bharat Printing Press, pp. 71–126 (cited by Tamang2016; not read)book