Chuak is the traditional Tripuri rice-beer, popular in

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. It is made by

fermenting Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is narrowly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen. In foo ...

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly '' Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domestica ...

in water. It is usually drunk on social occasions of any Tripuri ceremony as a ritual. ''Chuak'' is offered to village elders on any occasion or celebration in a traditional Tripuri family.

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