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Cereals and bread from Brazil

Jamin-bang (Brazilian fermented maize cake-bread)jamin-bang

FAO lists jamin-bang as a Brazilian bread made from maize that is fermented for three to six days and then cooked as a cake. No other description of the process was found.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Jamin-bang itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Pozol, the closest documented soft drinks ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Jamin-bang.

Short entryCereals and bread3 days – 6 days

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo source gives a recipe or amounts.
Maize[fao138-ch4]

Total time across the steps of Pozol: 25 h – 14 days

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pH 5.7 → 7.5

What changes: Maize boils in lime water until the hulls loosen

Step 1 of 5 · steps of Pozol
Boil the maize in lime water (nixtamalise)
Time
1 h
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
pH 5.7 → 7.5
Reported
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Yeasts
Moulds

Output: nixtamal.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

the FAO bulletin says the heat destroys most microbes on the kernels and new ones enter at grinding; the lime loosens the hull

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

FAO lists jamin-bang as a Brazilian bread made from maize that is fermented for three to six days and then cooked as a cake. No other description of the process was found. Made in 2 steps over 3 days – 6 days. The longest step, ferment the maize, takes 3–6 days (Haard N.F. et al. 1999).

Key numbers
Main step3–6 daysReported[fao138-ch4]Ferment the maize

What makes this one different

Listed by FAO with other Latin American fermented maize foods; unlike most of them, such as pozol or chicha, it is a bread rather than a dough ball or a drink.

Related ferments

History and sources

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

  1. [fao138-ch4] Haard N.F. et al. 1999, Fermented cereals, a global perspective, FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin 138, chapter 4, Table 1gov