But one day while making
regular coconut milk kefir, I accidentally dumped my water kefir grains (instead of the milk kefir grains) and about 1/4 cup of pre-made water kefir into the wrong container.
Not exact matches
Like
regular milk kefir,
coconut milk kefir is made by using
milk kefir grains to ferment the
coconut milk, but of course it is dairy free.
Since
coconut milk does not contain lactose like
regular milk does, there are a few modifications that should be made to keep the
kefir grains strong.
We found that it took around 7 weeks of
regular fermentation in dairy
milk to fully recover
milk kefir grains so that they would reproduce after having been used to ferment
coconut milk for 2 weeks.
Have you ever tried to make
coconut milk kefir — fermented
coconut milk with
regular milk grains?
Since
coconut milk does not contain lactose like
regular milk does, there are a few modifications that should be made to keep the
kefir grains strong.
But you can also use (i)
regular cow's
milk (or goats
milk), (ii) another non-dairy
milk like almond, cashew or oat
milk, (iii)
coconut water or (iv) try using 1/2 — 1 cup of natural yoghurt or
kefir (a fermented
milk drink) and thinning out with water, as required.
In this smoothie I used
coconut milk kefir that has fewer carbs than
regular dairy
kefir and just like other fermented foods, it's good for your gut and easy to make at home.