Use a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to gently stir the kefir until all the liquid passes through the mesh and you are
left with kefir grains.
In fact, in his fascinating work Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz explains that virtually any fruit or vegetable juice, including nut milks, can be
fermented with kefir grains although the grains won't reproduce as rapidly as they do in milk.
Kefir on the other hand, if it's made traditionally,
with kefir grains as a starter, contains around 50 strains of yeasts and bacteria.
We use raw goat milk, and
culture with kefir grains for a variety of milk products and usually have an abundance of whey... I was so pleased to see this recipe!!!!!
Gasp, not those grains silly... water kefir grains not to be
confused with kefir grains that are white in appearance and used with dairy kefir experiments.
Living Healthy's ratio of mango to liquid is ideal; for an even bigger health boost, substitute the water with water kefir so that you are «mixing» mango's pre-biotic properties (food for probiotics)
with the kefir grain drink!
If you're not
familiar with kefir grains, they're actually cauliflower - like, rubbery clusters that contain yeast and healthy bacteria cultures.
Hi Alexander, I don't know if this is something Anne Marie would recommend, but I used some of my homemade yogurt (and probably store - purchased yogurt would be fine, too)
with my kefir grains because I was out of raw milk, and I LOVED it!!
You can find all of the instructions, with instructional videos, for making kefir
along with the kefir grains on eBay for less than $ 20.
An example of this is the fermentation of
herbs with kefir grains, as these grains contain beneficial yeast and bacteria that work together in a symbiotic relationship to separate out the sugars from the beneficial molecules contained in herbs.
A lot of electric Kefir makers, like the Yogourmet or Euro Cuisine products, are great for at - home yogurt making but can be expensive or cause
problems with the Kefir grains.
Water kefir, also called sugar kefir, is a sweet acidulated drink, a little fizzy, made by fermenting
sugars with kefir grains.
The production all
starts with kefir grains, which are small rubbery bits and are used to start the fermentation process when making milk kefir.
Gasp, not those grains silly... water kefir grains not to be
confused with kefir grains that are white in appearance and used with dairy kefir experiments.
I do this for 2 or 3 days and when I have healthy sized grains I start giving them away or adding them to smoothies or all of the other creative things you can
do with kefir grains.
Real coconut kefir is made
with kefir grains.
Kefir is fermented milk made
with kefir grains, which is a symbiotic culture of yeasts and good bacteria.
But it turns out, kefir — a cultured milk product that's fermented
with kefir grains — worked perfectly.
Our local honey is pretty flavorful, so it may be cutting the whey taste, although my son did ask if I made
these with kefir grains As a side note, we've been making fudge pops 1 - 2x per week since you posted the recipe
Another popular type of «milk» to ferment
with kefir grains is coconut milk.
At home, it is easy to make a fresh pint of milk kefir a day — more or less —
with kefir grains and your favorite dairy or non-diary milk.
I like to ferment
it with my kefir grains.
Kefir is cultured milk, fermented
with kefir grains.
The only way to obtain traditional kefir is to make
it yourself with kefir grains.
While there, Celi generously sent me home
with some kefir grains.