METHOD OF PREPARING PICKLE-MAKING MATERIAL COMPRISING MIXING STEAMED WHOLE RICE WITH KOJI (FERMENTED RICE), PICKLE-MAKING MATERIAL, AND PICKLE MADE BY USING THE MATERIAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of preparing a pickle-making material comprising mixing steamed whole rice with koji (fermented rice, comparable to malt), to provide the pickle- making material, and to provide the pickle made by using the material.;SOLUTION: This method of forming the pickle-making material comprises mixing steamed whole rice with a koji culture in an amount of 2-8 pts.wt. per 8 pts.wt. of the steamed whole rice, allowing the mixture to stand at ambient temperature for about 24 hr, adding salt in an appropriate amount to form an intermediate, then aging and fermenting the intermediate at ambient temperature for a predetermined period to obtain the finished pickle-making material, wherein the koji culture is prepared by washing whole rice in an appropriate amount, immersing the washed rice with water steaming the water-immersed rice with steam, cooling the steamed rice to a temperature about 60°C, and adding the yeast Asperigillus to the cooled rice in a certain amount to form the koji culture and the steamed whole rice is prepared by washing the whole rice, immersing the washed rice with water, steaming the water- immersed rice with steam, and cooling the steamed rice to a temperature of about 60°C to form the steamed whole rice.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO