how do you make yogurt at home?

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how do you make yogurt at home?

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Re: how do you make yogurt at home?

Boil 1 litre of milk for a while.

Let it cool a bit so that when you dip your washed little finger tip in, it should feel just slightly warmer than your fingertip. Pour milk into your pre-warmed yogurt making container.

Blend a teaspoon of live yogurt with some of the warm milk and pour it into the container with the rest of the milk.

Cover and keep it in a slightly warm place or wrap it up and leave it for 12 hours.

Best options for yogurt making container is earthenware pot or thick plastic which will retain heat. If you keep your yogurt container inside a larger pot which contains warm water, it will make better yogurt.

If your milk / place to keep yogurt is too cold, it will not be made properly.

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Re: how do you make yogurt at home?

thanks!

what would be an ideal "yogurt-making container"?
can i just leave it in a pyrex bowl overnight on the counter?

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Re: how do you make yogurt at home?

Depends on how warm the temperature is ... I had super failed attempts at making yoghurt at home , mainly due to the temperatures ... its very cold here in England and I decided to preheat the oven slightly and then kept the yoghurt container in , wrapped in a few towels.. but still unfortunately the milk came out runny, slightly yoghurty but mostly runny :( ..

So getting the right temperature and constant temperature is very important.

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You don't. You save yourself the hassle and buy it from the grocery store, :p

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Re: how do you make yogurt at home?

Home yogurt tastes so good.

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so it didnt work very well. there was some yogurt formation but almost 70% was still milk in the morning and it smelled kinda funny. i had to chuck it.
could it be that the yogurt starter was almost 5-6 days old?

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Re: how do you make yogurt at home?

bride2be.... When I boil my milk I boil it a lot so I get kind of a thicker yoghurt I like it thick.... and also I used to do what CB suggested.... warm the oven and I used to put it in a plastic container and then wrap the container in a thick towel.....

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Re: how do you make yogurt at home?

use a hot-pot and keep it in an oven over-night...inshallah will work out fine...:)