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Alcoholic drinks from Assam, India

Sujen (Deori rice beer)

Sujen (also written suze) is the rice beer of the Deori people of Assam. One review lists it among the rice beers of Northeast India and reports that its starter cake was tested for antioxidant activity, but the one paper on how it is made could not be read, so no process is given here.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Sujen itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Judima (Dimasa rice wine), the closest documented alcoholic drinks ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Sujen.

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Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
rice
Starterstarter cake

Total time across the steps of Judima (Dimasa rice wine): 7 days – 12 days

Start
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What changes: Thembra bark is sun-dried, cut and crushed to powder

Step 1 of 9 · steps of Judima (Dimasa rice wine)
Dry and powder the thembra bark
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: bark powder.

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

Sujen (also written suze) is the rice beer of the Deori people of Assam. One review lists it among the rice beers of Northeast India and reports that its starter cake was tested for antioxidant activity, but the one paper on how it is made could not be read, so no process is given here.

What makes this one different

One of many Assamese rice beers; what sets it apart is not known from the sources read.

Related ferments

History and sources

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

  1. [fuloria2022] Fuloria S., Mehta J., Talukdar M.P. et al. 2022, Synbiotic effects of fermented rice on human health and wellness, a natural beverage that boosts immunity, Frontiers in Microbiology 13:950913 (review; names Suze of the Deori and Sujen starter cake)paper