Homemade curd is VERY EASY to prepare, inexpensive.Here, we sharing the procedure of making curd at home. Once you understand the process, you will never fail making homemade yogurt.
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2. Introduction
• Homemade curd is VERY EASY to prepare, inexpensive.
• curd is the staple food in our home.
• Curd has very cooling effect to your body.
• It is also good for easy digestion.
• Here, we sharing the procedure of making curd at home.
• I have mentioned possible tips in each and every step.
• Once you understand the process, you will never fail making
homemade yogurt.
3. Other names of Curd
• Thayir (Tamil)
• dahi (Hindi, Gujarati)
• Mosaru (Kannada)
• Thayiru (Malayalam
• doi (Assamese, Bengali)
• dohi (Odia)
• perugu (Telugu)
• Dhahi or Dhaunro (Sindhi)
• Yogurt (Greek)
4. Best time to have curd
• Summers are the best time to have
curd(yogurt) just plain or sweetened or in
biryani, kadhi, lassi, paneet tikka.
• Yogurt based dishes are cooling and ideal
for summers.
6. Ingredients to make curd
• 4 cups or about 1 litre fresh Milk
• 3-4 teaspoons Yogurt (curd or dahi) from
previous batch or store-bought
7. Instructions to make
curd at home
• Pour the milk in the pan and turn the heat
on medium-high and bring it to a boil
• Once it comes to a boil and rises, lower
the heat to lowest and simmer for 2-3
minutes and then turn off the stove.
• Pour the milk into the container in which
your are going to set the curd or you can
set the curd in same pan.
8. • Let the milk cool down till it becomes
lukewarm.
• Also remove the starter curd in a small
bowl and let it come to room
temperature.
• Let’s check the milk is lukewarm or not.
• You can use thermometer (110 degrees F
or 43 degrees C), but who cares for the
exact temperature.
9. • Do it this way - stick your clean finger in the
milk, you will feel like warm water bath (not
hot).
• Ok, now milk is lukewarm and starter curd is
at room temperature.
• Add that yogurt in the milk.
• Mix well using spoon or you can use hand
blender.
• Now cover the container with lid.
10. • Keep in the warm place without disturbing
for 5-6 hours.
• Usually keep the container in the oven with
light on.
• During the summer in India, it can be ready
very quickly (with in 4-5 hours), so do check
after 4 hours and see if it is set or not.
• During the winters, you can cover the
container with warm blanket.
11. • During winters in USA, you just turn on the
oven at lowest temperature for few minutes
just to warm up the oven (not pre-heating)
and then keep the container in oven (turned
off) overnight.
• Once the curd is set, pop the container in the
fridge for further setting.
• Keep refrigerated for 1-2 hours or till it gets
chilled.
• Then yogurt is ready to use.
12. Whole milk for curd
• We prefer to use whole milk (full fat milk)
which gives the thick and luscious curd.
• If fat free or low fat milk is used then curd
may be thin or runny (not thick).
• You can use use cow’s milk, buffalo’s milk,
goat’s milk.
• If the raw milk is used then curd will be
runny compared to the made from
pasteurized milk.
13. Shelf life and
serving suggestion
• It stays good for 4-5 days in refrigerator.
• plain curd can be served as a side with
your meal.
• You can use it in the many different
recipes.
14. Notes
• Do not add curd to hot milk.
• It will coagulate the milk.
• Using sour starter will yield a sour curd.
• If the milk does not set well, try again with fresh milk in different
ways by increasing the culture, keeping it in a warmer place, adding
your culture to warmer milk.
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