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Vegetables from Myanmar

Mon-la chin (sour radish)

Radish, carrot and other vegetables are cut into a fermentation pot with congee, or rice water, and a little salt, and left for a day or two. Market samples measured about pH 3.5.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Mon-la chin itself.

Short entryVegetables24 h – 2 days

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedTraditional small-maker process with no fixed amounts.
White radish, carrot and other vegetablesCleaned and cut[bobo2022]
CongeeRice water or cooked-rice water can be used instead, but they slow the fermentation[bobo2022]
Table salta small amountThe study says about the same amount as in kimchi and sauerkraut, but gives no number[bobo2022]
Chillioptional, a little[bobo2022]
StarterNatural spontaneous fermentation, in a previously used or a new fermentation pot

Total time across the recorded steps: 24 h – 2 days

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What changes: Cleaned radish and carrot are cut into a fermentation pot

Step 1 of 3
Cut the vegetables into a fermentation pot
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
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

At a glance

Radish, carrot and other vegetables are cut into a fermentation pot with congee, or rice water, and a little salt, and left for a day or two. Market samples measured about pH 3.5. Made in 3 steps over 24 h – 2 days. The longest step, ferment, takes 24 h – 2 days (Bo Bo and Aye Aye Win 2022). Lactobacilli, 8.72 log CFU/g in market samples and Lactobacillus helveticus (isolate DBR-F4) and Leuconostoc lactis (isolate DBR-F11), both from fermented radish do most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step24 h – 2 daysReported[bobo2022]Ferment
AciditypH 3.5Measured[bobo2022]Ferment

What makes this one different

Like kimchi it is soured by lactic bacteria, but it uses radish, not cabbage, has no spices except an optional chilli, and is fed with congee rather than rice flour.

Related ferments

History and sources

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

  1. [bobo2022] Bo Bo and Aye Aye Win 2022, Myanmar popular plant-based fermented foods, their processing, and their microorganisms potential for probiotics, Bacterial Empire 5(3):e430paper