The Asian Journal of Animal Science

Richa Rai ¹, Debashis Bhattacharyya ¹, Praveen Kumar Praveen ², Subha Ganguly ³, Nirupama Dalai ⁴, Shashank Shekhar ⁵

Affiliations
1 Department of Livestock Products Technology, West Bengal University Animal and Fishery Sciences, KOLKATA (W.B.), IN
2 Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, West Bengal University Animal and Fishery Sciences, KOLKATA (W.B.), IN
3 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Arawali Veterinary College, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, SIKAR (RAJASTHAN), IN
4 Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, West Bengal University Animal and Fishery Sciences, KOLKATA (W.B.), IN
5 Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, West Bengal University Animal and Fishery Sciences, KOLKATA (W.B.), IN

Abstract

In this research, the effects of different cooking processes (pan fried and microwave cooking) on microbiological quality of the raw and cooked chevon meatballs were studied. Microbial flora of the raw meatballs was as follows: total plate count, 5.98±0.235 (log cfu/g); yeast and mould, 4.80±0.328 (log cfu/g); coliforms, 3.05±0.433 (log cfu/g). Highly significant (P<0.01) difference was noticed in microbiological quality of chevon meat balls. The cooking processes decreased the microbial flora approximately 2-3 log cycles, and pan frying was the effective cooking process for reducing microbial numbers compared to the microwave oven. The temperature of the Pan fried (150-160°C for 5-7 min) was higher than the To conclude, it was advised to use slightly higher temperatures than used in the microwave oven cooking procedures to increase microbial quality of the meat balls studied in this research.

Keywords

Pan Fried, Microwave Oven, Microbiological Quality, Chevon Meat Balls.

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