HEALTHY EATING - Coconut yoghurt

Coconut yoghurt

Making your own coconut yoghurt is a lot easier than you think. It tastes just like any other natural yoghurt but with a light coconut flavour. Perfect for keeping your gut flora healthy and your morning granola as tasty as ever.

Ingredients

Makes over 3 cups 

For the yoghurt

2 cans of coconut cream (400ml each)

3/4 tsp yoghurt culture/starter

Equipment

A thermometer

2 clean jars with lids

A cooler bag or an eski

A kitchen towel

A saucepan

A small cup and a spoon

What to do

Boil a kettle of water and pour over the jars, lids, saucepan, spoon and the cup you will be using in the process. Place the sterilised vessels on a kitchen towel.

Pour coconut cream into a medium saucepan, reserving as much of the watery liquid that sinks to the bottom as possible. Gently heat to 43°C (110°F); use a thermometer by placing it half way into the liquid. Remove from the heat.

Add 1 tablespoon of warm coconut cream to a clean cup. Add the culture powder and stir until it forms a paste. Add a little more liquid and stir again. Pour the mix back into the main saucepan and stir.

Pour coconut cream mix into glass jars and seal with a lid. Wrap both jars in a kitchen towel and place in a cooler bag or an esky. Essentially we want to maintain the temperature close to 40°C for as long as possible and that’s why you need something with insulation (alternatively, you could wrap the jars in foil and some towels). Leave in a warm place for 12 hours. Then take jars out of the bag and place in the fridge for another 12 hours before eating.

Top tip

You can purchase a yoghurt starter culture in a powder form from most health food stores, usually found in the refrigerated section. You could use some of the previous yoghurt as a culture for your new yoghurt.

This recipe is taken from Irena Macri’s fabulous book ‘Eat Drink Paleo Cookbook’ For more Paleo-inspired recipes, meal plans and wellness tips, visit eatdrinkpaleo.com.au.

Source: http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/nutrition/healthy+recipes/coconut+yoghurt,26244