Question

Mulakukondattam is preserved by ________.

• A. drying followed by salting
• B. salting followed by drying
• C. freezing followed by salting
• D. salting followed by freezing

Answer 1

The correct option is A

drying followed by salting

Mulakukondattam is made by immersing dried chilli in a vessel full of salted curd almost for a day. Then they are dried under sunlight. After drying they are again immersed in salted curd and the process continues till the curd is completely absorbed. The final dried chillies are sold in airtight packets.