Indigenous knowledge of Northeast women on production of ethnic fermented soybean foods

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Tamang, Jyoti Prakash ^a   Chettri, Rajen ^a   Sharma, Rudra Mani ^a  

^a SIKKIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aakhone; Bekang; Ethnic fermented soybean foods; Fermented foods; Hawaijar; Kinema; Northeast india; Peruyyan; Tungrymbai

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959965627     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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