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Use of dehydrated media is of utmost importance in the field of microbiology for cultivation of industrially important organisms. Instead of using high cost microbial culture media, kitchen waste material could prove to be a good alternate source for the production of low cost culture media. The wet waste generated in kitchen includes vegetables & fruit waste. It is a waste that almost every house generates every day. It can serve as a good source of nutrients & vitamins for microorganisms. Hence these materials can be used to formulate solid media for the growth of bacteria and fungi. In the current study, kitchen waste like pomegranate peels, orange & sweet lime pomace, spinach stems & pea pods have been included to formulate the new media. Comparing the growth of organisms on conventional and newly formulated kitchen waste agar, it was found that the media prepared from kitchen waste serves as a good and inexpensive source of nutrients for many bacteria and fungi. Thus, it can be further used commercially for isolation and cultivation of various microorganisms.