Fermentation

Fermentation is a time-honoured technique that gives taste and sustenance to food. But it also offers a host of health benefits.

Fermented food products, of course, go far beyond these faddish "rediscoveries". Nutritionists now agree that the bacteria in it improve gut activity.

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Fermentation preserves food because the organisms that are being cultivated, do not allow the growth of other bacteria that would otherwise spoil the food.

A Japanese hotel was flagged after they served a 'fermented' orange drink that employees stirred with their own bacteria-laden hands.

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Fermented foods are part of Hayley's daily routine. She drinks a couple of glasses of homemade kombucha - a bacteria-laced apple cider vinegar - as a snack.

Fermented rice water is the water left behind after soaking cooked or raw rice for hours, preferably overnight.

It is best advised to create kefir at home. Unpasteurized or pasteurized nonhomogenised milk would be your best bet.