Yoghurt can be used as a beverage, as an accompaniment to fresh or stewed fruit, sauces, smoothies etc. Yogurt can be served chilled, frozen, plain or flavoured.
Health facts: It is considered as a healthy as it contains active bacteria cultures which suppress the growth of harmful microorganisms in the intestinal tract and help fight diseases.
How it is made: Yogurt made at home tastes fresher than the commercially made ones. Skimmed or low fat milk can be used instead of full fat milk, but it will make a thinner and less creamy yoghurt. To make fresh yohurt, you need 500ml milk and one tablespoon of live and plain yoghurt. The fermentation time is about 12 hours.
For flavouring yogurt you can add chopped fruits, fruit purees, grated chocolates, coffee powder, chopped nuts or raisins according to your taste after fermentation. Try this cool recipe.
Yogurt Apple Pudding
(serves 4)
Ingredients
- Apple - 700gm
- Butter - 40gm
- Arrowroot biscuits - 250gm
- Dark chocolate - 60 gm
- Yogurt - 150 ml
- Dry fruits or cream for garnish (optional)
- Butter - 40gm
- Arrowroot biscuits - 250gm
- Dark chocolate - 60 gm
- Yogurt - 150 ml
- Dry fruits or cream for garnish (optional)
Method
- Peel, core and slice the apples. Put them into a heavy based pan with 2 tablespoons of water, cover and cook over a low flame till the apples are soft. Mash them thoroughly and let it cool.
- Melt the butter in a large frying pan, add dark chocolate and crushed biscuits, stirring continuously till the biscuit crumps are crisp and completely coated with chocolates. Leave to cool.
- Stir the yogurt into the pureed apples and spread a layer of the mixture into a glass bowl as the first layer. Then put a layer of biscuit mix over the apple yoghurt layer. Repeat the process finishing each glass with a layer of biscuit crumbs. Do this just before serving or else they will lose their crispness. Decorate the top layer with dry fruits and cream