Making Yogurt

Shahreen · Apr 22nd, 2005, 03:20 PM

Any handy hints or tips on how to make really nice home made yogurt?

I buy so much organic yogurt but unfortunately it's not available in all my favourite flavours so I'm toying with the idea of making yogury at home.

Where do I start?

Jias · Apr 22nd, 2005, 03:38 PM

My recipe for making yougurt.

Vitamin D Milk
Yougurt 2 tablespoon/ one glass of milk.

For one glass of milk use two table spoon of yougurt. Boil milk, when it become cool (slightly warm) put in glass or plastic bowl mix yougurt stir wel and keep open in the oven(in the oven due to bulb there is enough warmth that helps in making yougurt). I do this almost at night time in the morning at 10 -11 am the yougurt is ready.

Shahreen · Apr 22nd, 2005, 03:46 PM

What's vitamin D milk?

queer · Apr 22nd, 2005, 03:54 PM

its low fat milk fortified with vit D to make up for the loss of vit D which is fat soluble and gets removed with the fat. you can fix yogurt with any milk, doesnt have to be vit D.

Shahreen · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:03 PM

you mean skimmed milk?

Roshi · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by queer

you can fix yogurt with any milk, doesnt have to be vit D.

I'm surprised a guy would know this... assuming you are one

Shahreen,

I make yogurt at home everyday for my baby...its really good just follow the directions by jias...

I was buying this Yobaby for him but found out its got way to much chemical's in it so decided to make homemade yogurt.

Good Luck !

queer · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:39 PM

shaz, not necessarily skimmed.. even low fat milk.

rosh, i am amazingly sensitive despite being a very macho and handsome hunk of a man. i sometimes make yogurt when i havent finished my milk and its good by date's approaching.

Femme Fatale · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:45 PM

^^wake up time.

~MuNiYa~ · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:46 PM

my gosh its hard having babies..

queer · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:47 PM

femme dont hate me coz your yogurt is too sour. :queen:

Pinstripe Danda · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Femme Fatale

^^wake up time.

No he is right..I have met him..I almost switched.

funguy · Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:56 PM

You guys would probably hate me. I actually have an Italian yogurt making machine. It has these small 1 pint glass containers that I so neatly fill with WHole milk and a spoon of yogurt and just plug it in and VIOLA! creamy yogurt is ready over-night.

Oh my Gosh... I am gonna go eat one with fresh strawberries and honey.

Pinstripe Danda · Apr 22nd, 2005, 05:01 PM

FG, I don;t think you want to talk about that too much. Also refrain from speaking about your man-purse...we know it is european but a bit queer.

queer · Apr 22nd, 2005, 05:04 PM

i'm glad i didnt say i make my own milk from milk powder or funguy would have said he has an italian buffalo in his kitchen.

Roshi · Apr 22nd, 2005, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by queer

shaz, not necessarily skimmed.. even low fat milk.

rosh, i am amazingly sensitive despite being a very macho and handsome hunk of a man. i sometimes make yogurt when i havent finished my milk and its good by date's approaching.

Let us be the judge of how very macho and handsome you are...

I'll be waiting for a picture of your macho self in Image Gallery

queer · Apr 22nd, 2005, 05:07 PM

last time i posted a pic of my sizzling self, it burned a hole right thru gupshup server's hard drive colony. are you trying to get me banned?

funguy · Apr 22nd, 2005, 05:08 PM

queer, please don't talk like that. It can bring the Italian Stallion in me out in the open. Roshi will be asking for my pics too.

Pinstripe Danda · Apr 22nd, 2005, 05:10 PM

FG, leave the italian stallion in you. What you and Sal do in th eprivacy of your own home, is your business. Not for bachchay loag on gs. I cannot believe this is being allowed by Shahreen. Aunty, kahan hain?

Shahreen · Apr 22nd, 2005, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~MuNiYa~

my gosh its hard having babies..

Huh? Who said it's for the babies?

lazy_daisy · Apr 23rd, 2005, 03:46 AM

This is the proper Pathan way Shahreen

Take six pints of milk, boil up till it boils over onto the cooker. leave the pan on the hob till its at body temp.

test some on your wrist.

put the milk in the large enough pot, a thickish plastic one is good as the heat is not lost so quickly.

add about three heaped teaspoons of "live" yoghurt, and whisk. I prefer to use the yoghurt from an asian cash and carry ...the three for a pound type.

youghurt used from places like sainsburies /tesco make the end result exactly like the texture of Emulson Paint, stringy and almost rubbery.

put tight lid on the whole thing
cover whole thing with good few layers of teatowels and put in a warm place overnight.

if you want thick and creamy

put in the fridge next day, take a spoon full out from the edge when its fully cold and every few hours use a large spoon to skim the whey and discard.

And in the meantime you can clean the cooker!

You can make this in smaller quantities.

second way

boil up your milk

leave to get to body temp add a teaspoon of yoghurt

pour into a thermos flask and leave overnight in a warm place.

in the morning put the flask in the fridge to get cold and then you will have to shake the flask to pour the yoghurt out.

If you do have any problems with the yoghurt not setting, it'll be either because the milk wasnt at the right temp when the spoonfull of yoghurt was added
or thge place you keep it overnight is too cold.

Please note

letting milk boil over onto the cooker is not a traditional Pashtun trait

its a traditional lazy daisy trait!