PRODUCTION OF PICKLE FROM CAULIFLOWER PETIOLE STUDS

Pickling is an ancient method of food preservation. Pickles are produced from both vegetable and animal sources. However, vegetable based pickles are safer to use for humans as the chances of occurrence of food borne pathogens like Salmonella and Shigella is more common in unhygienically processed meat based products. In the present investigation, vegetable waste especially, the waste part of cauliflower i.e. the petiole studs which are either thrown away or fed to animals has been used for the production of an edible pickle having good aroma, taste and nutritional value.