Traditional technology and product characterization of some lesser-known ethnic fermented foods and beverages of North Cachar hills district of Assam

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 706-715

  Chakrabarty, Jayasree ^a   Sharma, G D ^b   Tamang, Jyoti Prakash ^c  

^a Wildlife Biology and Conservation Group Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences   (India)

^b Assam University School of Life Sciences   (India)

^c SIKKIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beverages; Fermented foods; Product characterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908082729     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: 09751068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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