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Pin this easy process of making soy yogurt for later. Directions of ho w to make your own yogurt starter culture 1 pour the milk into a saucepan and heat it until the milk is 185 degrees.
To make yogurt with an heirloom starter add freeze dried starter or a spoonful of yogurt to fresh milk.
Make your own yogurt starter. Use this starter minus the whey on 4c boiled and warmed milk to make yogurt. Makes a sweeter milder yogurt my kids favorite for breakfast. For other starters that give different tartness flavor i use same process as before 1 4c warm milk but substitute 3 crushed raw garbanzos or 4 any kind chili pepper stems or 1 2 tamarind with hard skin or 1 tsp brown rice or 1 cardamon pod opened showing seeds.
Directions of ho w to make your own yogurt starter culture 1 pour the milk into a saucepan and heat it until the milk is 185 degrees. You can make use of whole milk skim milk soy milk or organic milk. Use a clean whisk to mix the yogurt starter into the cooled milk.
Place the jars into the oven with the light on for 12 24 hours. The light should provide a consistent heat of about 110 f. Put jars into the refrigerator until the yogurt is cold and set.
The most compelling reason to make yogurt at home is that the results are phenomenal. Even in my early stages of testing when i could only get a single generation out of my starter before the culture failed that first batch was unreal each and every time. A starter is the term we use for the cultures that ll transform your milk into yogurt.
By far the simplest starter you can get is store bought yogurt. You can grab any plain variety but it must include live active cultures. It ll say so on the label avoid yogurts that are filled with additives like pectin inulin corn starch or.
The plain yogurt will act as a starter culture to introduce healthy bacteria probiotics to your homemade yogurt. It is essential that the yogurt you use has live cultures in it. Most grocery stores sell plain yogurt with live cultures but just be sure to check the label on the container confirm that it has l.
Yoghurt can be made with anything from skim to full fat milk. Full fat regular milk tends to be easiest for beginners because it holds together well and makes for thick mild yoghurt. Lower fat milk will create runnier and less creamy yoghurt but that doesn t mean it won t taste good.
To make yogurt with an heirloom starter add freeze dried starter or a spoonful of yogurt to fresh milk. If your yogurt starter stops working or makes watery yogurt go back with the capsules and make some fresh starter yogurt again. If you like your soy yogurt sweet sweeten it after it has set into yogurt.
Do not sweeten the milk before. You won t get the best results with sweetened milk. Pin this easy process of making soy yogurt for later.