Battered and Breaded value added fish products is one which have a good market potential in domestic as well as international market. However, the emphasis of coated products has been shifted from home front to the restaurant and fast-food outlets. Developing battered and breaded value added fishery products is a satisfactory task for the fish processing industry with multiple benefits. Most prominent and profitable one is the coated product. Battered and breaded fish product is convenience food product valued greatly by the consumers all over the world. India has a vast potential for freshwater aquaculture and contributes to 95% of total aquaculture production. This sector contributes about 5% in the global fish production and 2.5% in global fish trade. Carps are the backbone of Indian freshwater aquaculture comprising around 85% of the total freshwater production. Processing of carps into value-added battered products enhance their acceptability and market value. Keeping this in view, the present study was undertaken to develop a battered and breaded product from Catla fish. In this book the methodology of product preparation & its chilled & frozen storage life is discussed.

本書は、インドの淡水魚カトラを「衣」で変身させ、伝統漁業を世界的な食文化へ昇華させる情熱の記録です。単なる加工技術の解説を超え、地域資源を国際的価値へ変換しようとする著者の真摯な魂が宿っています。科学の光で素材の可能性を極限まで引き出すその構成は、まさに食の錬金術。読み手は技術の裏側にある、飽くなき探究心という名の知的興奮を味わうことでしょう。 また、保存性という難題に挑む緻密な考察は、現代の食卓を支えるための崇高な挑戦です。地域経済の柱である魚に新たな命を吹き込み、世界へ届けるための道筋を綴った本書は、水産資源の未来図を鮮烈に描き出す、希望に満ちた一冊と言えるでしょう。