Deogade, A.H., Raziuddin, M., Zanjad, P.N., Ambadkar, R.K. and Rathod, K.S. 2011. Effect of marination treatment on sensory and physico-chemical quality of chicken curry. Indian Journal of Poultry Science, 46(1): 127-129. The present investigation was aimed to study the quality of ready to eat chicken curry as influenced by marination treatments. Marination mixture containing citric acid
... [Show full abstract] exhibited significantly higher scores for all the sensory attributes except appearance followed by lactic acid. Significant variations were observed in physicochemical properties of processed chicken due to marination treatments. The pH of the product was found to be decreased while the moisture and fat content increased gradually for the processed chicken marinated with citric acid as compared to lactic acid and vinegar. The sensory scores with regard to texture and overall palatability of chicken curry improved significantly when marinated for 12 and 15 hrs., but the flavour score enhanced significantly when marinated for 15 hrs. duration. The marination duration did not show variations in appearance & juiciness scores of the product. As far as physico-chemical characteristics are concerned, the pH of chicken curry increased significantly with decline in marination duration to 12hrs. However, the differences with regard to moisture, protein and fat were marginal. It may be concluded that marination mixture containing 0.2% citric acid for 12 hrs. duration was suitable for preparation of ready to eat chicken curry.