Homemade curd recipe / How to make curd or dahi or yogurt :

How to make curd or dahi or yogurt at home with tips and step by step photos....

Prep Time : 30 Mins

Homemade curd recipe / How to make curd or dahi or yogurt 

Cuisine : Indian

Ingredients :

1. Milk - 1/2 ltr
2. Curd - 1 tbsp

Method :

1. First keep the milk to boil.
2. Cook in medium flame.
3. Let the milk come to boil.
4. Simmer the flame, lets boil for 2 - 3 mins.
5. And stir it slowly with spoon in clockwise direction for 1 min.
6. Then turn off the flame.
7. Cover the milk with plate and set aside. 
8. Cool the milk at room temperature till it becomes warm.
9. The milk should not be hot. if its very hot the milk gets coagulates and you might end up getting a grainy curd.
10. If its little hot then the yogurt does not become thick and is a bit runny with some whey in the curd.
11. If the milk is cold, then the curd won’t be set at all.
12. The milk must be warm. just dip your little finger in the milk and you should feel warm not hot.
13. Take 1 tbsp of curd,it is very important to dissolve the curd culture uniformly in the milk. whisk very well with a spoon or a whisker.
14. If you stay in a cold place or have cold temperatures, then cover the bowl or pan in which the curd mixture is with a warm towel or warm blanket and keep it in a warm place in your kitchen.
15. For half a litre milk, 1 tsp of curd culture works fine. increase proportionally for larger quantities of milk.
16. Once the curd is set, refrigerate the curd.

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