Yum For BABY: Make Yogurt at Home

Yogurt is a traditional magnificent food. It is simply delicious, highly nutritious and is an excellent source of protein, calcium and potassium. It provides many vitamins and minerals and is low in calories. When I was a kid, my mother used to make yogurt at home, we had yogurt almost everyday. But, I never asked her how to make it? When I started cooking by myself, I realized that, yogurt is one of the main ingredients in our food. So, I took my mother’s recipe and started to make yogurt at home. This recipe isn't complicated at all and you don't need a bunch of ingredients.

Yes, Yogurt makes Yogurt. Yogurt is a cultured milk product that is soured by the action of specific lactic acid producing cultures added to milk. In this method, all you need is yogurt (made with active live cultures) and whole milk. You can purchase a small size plain non flavored yogurt at the grocery store.

Try this easy method to make delicious creamy yogurt at home and save some grocery money too.

Ingredients

Whole milk- ½ Gallon

Plain yogurt- 2 Tbsp

Process

Step 1: Pour milk into a large pot and bring it to boil over a medium-high heat. Keep stirring in between. Once the milk started to boil, bring the heat to low and keep boiling the milk for about 15 more minutes by stirring (milk volume will reduce).

Step 2: Turn the stove off and remove the pot from the stove and let the milk cool down to around 110 degree Fahrenheit (or until it becomes luke warm)

Step 3: Transfer the milk into the container and add 2 Tbsp store bought yogurt and stir well.

Step 4: Cover the container and keep it at room temperature for about 12 hours.

Step 5: Now yogurt is ready (about 3 lbs.). Stir it well and refrigerate.

Usually kids like medium sour taste yogurt, but if you want sourer yogurt, leave the yogurt for few more hours in warm place.

Yogurt usually stays fresh for almost a week, so better you use the yogurt in a week. You can use this for next yogurt preparation.