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Make your own Kefir in 12 - 24 hours easily!
I have discovered a super easy and economical way of making Kefir in just a few easy steps. Making Kefir turns ordinary milk into a rich source of probiotics which helps add healthy gut friendly bacteria into your digestive tract.
Kefir in the store around here is over 10 to $25. I was going to go that route but then I thought maybe I should just buy some kefir in a bottle and see if I can use some of that to culture my own batches. Well it worked exceptionally well!
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Kefir with active bacterial culture
1 liter milk (I used 3.75% fat content)
Directions:
Use a clean bowl or jar, mix Kefir and milk, cover the top and leave somewhere at room temperature or warm for 12 -24 hours. Then it's ready! I just leave it in the refrigerator after that.
It works faster if you add more Kefir to begin with but it's not really necessary. You'll notice that the consistency goes from thin milk to yogurt in 12 -24 hours. Depending on how much Kefir you want you could easily culture a gallon jug with the same process. This one liter Kefir bottle I purchased should be enough to culture a dozen or more larger batches.
I was really hoping this post would gain more attention as this drink is a wonderful addition to your diet. Give it a try and see if you feel good by adding this into your diet.
If you like this please upvote and leave your comments and thoughts below. Cheers!
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I destroyed my darmflora and got flatence for years without exactly knowing which food how affects my body. A month ago i found kefir, tried it out and it absolutely helps!
I drink 1 glass daily and my stomach feels lighter.
I did a post about the benefits of kefir. Its in german. Check it out. You can translate on deepl.com
Thanks for the feedback. I wish your posts were in English as well. So many good looking recipes! I'll have to try out deepl.com.
Thanks! I like your Blog too. I will post in english soon.
Would this work for water kefir too? Obviously one would need to switch out the milk kefir for a water kefir and sub juice for milk. We used to do it with a culture we got from a friend but I haven't considered trying a store bought bottle to make more. Now that I know it works for milk I'll have to try it with juice!
I'm not sure but it's worth a try. The culture seems to eat lactose which is a type of sugar but might also eat the fructose/glucose sugar in the juice.
I looked it up, it seems a bit more complicated than milk kefir to do without the "seeds". It's doable but I'll probably just spend the money and start from a fresh batch.
I just did the same process with a gallon of milk over the last few days. 1/4 Kefir from the 1 liter shown in the picture into the gallon jug after removing around 1/4 cup milk to make space. It worked perfectly. It took around 20 hours to become visibly thick. 😎