TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS

Meat Pickles

Product :

Process for making pickles from fish, prawn, chicken and mutton.

Application :

As food adjunct.

Feature :

Fleshy meats are suitable for the preparation of pickle. Dressed and filleted meats are cut into 25 mm cubes, marinated with salt and vinegar. The marinated meat cubes are fried in oil and treated again with acid and salt. Boiled tamarind pulp, sugar syrup made in vinegar, fried ginger and garlic pieces and powdered spices (red chillies, turmeric, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, mustard) are mixed with the treated fish/meat cubes and transferred to bottles. The bottles are covered with oil. The pickle is shelf-stable for one yr at room temp.

Commercialisation :

Commercialised.

Economy :

0.1 tpd.

Investment :

Rs. 7 lakh.

Equipment :

Refrigerator, SS vessels, frying pans and stoves.

Raw materals :

Fish, meat, salt, vinegar, spices and oil.

Contact Person :

The Director

 

Central Food Technological Research Institute.