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Soy and legumes from Bhutan

Libi-ippa (Bhutan, unverified name)

Libi-ippa is listed in earlier research as a Bhutanese fermented soybean food, but no source for the name has been found in any spelling. The fermented soybean food that sources do document for Bhutan is kinema, a sticky Bacillus ferment eaten in southern Bhutan. Until a source appears, this entry holds only the name.

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

Short entrySoy and legumes

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
soybeans (presumed)

Total time across the steps of Kinema: 26 h – 3.1 days

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Close-up: water moving into a bean

What changes: Soybeans are washed and soak overnight

Step 1 of 6 · steps of Kinema
Select, wash and soak the soybeans
Time
Overnight
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Bacillus

Output: soaked beans.

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

Libi-ippa is listed in earlier research as a Bhutanese fermented soybean food, but no source for the name has been found in any spelling. The fermented soybean food that sources do document for Bhutan is kinema, a sticky Bacillus ferment eaten in southern Bhutan. Until a source appears, this entry holds only the name.

What makes this one different

Nothing about the process is documented. Kinema, the Bhutanese food sources do describe, is a sticky fermented soybean food of north-east India, east Nepal and south Bhutan.

Related ferments

History and sources

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

  1. [T2024] Tamang J.P. 2024, Unveiling kinema: blending tradition and science in the Himalayan fermented soya delicacy, Journal of Ethnic Foods 11:29paper