About a year ago I had a go at making milk kefir. It worked well but I just didn't like the taste of it.
Then I started hearing about coconut milk kefir made from milk kefir grains. I tried it out and we love it! It's so much more palatable than the cow's milk version.
I use Ayam brand coconut milk as the only thing added to it is water. And, like with any kefir, stick with using plastic, wooden, or stainless steel utensils; and glass jars to ferment in (I like Fido jars because they're anaerobic).
I put 3 tins of coconut milk in a large container of warm (blood temp, no hotter!) water. I only do this because I live in a cold climate and always get that solid layer of cream on top). After 5 minutes I take them out, give them a good shake, open them up and tip the contents into a 1L Fido jar.
Then I started hearing about coconut milk kefir made from milk kefir grains. I tried it out and we love it! It's so much more palatable than the cow's milk version.
I use Ayam brand coconut milk as the only thing added to it is water. And, like with any kefir, stick with using plastic, wooden, or stainless steel utensils; and glass jars to ferment in (I like Fido jars because they're anaerobic).
I put 3 tins of coconut milk in a large container of warm (blood temp, no hotter!) water. I only do this because I live in a cold climate and always get that solid layer of cream on top). After 5 minutes I take them out, give them a good shake, open them up and tip the contents into a 1L Fido jar.
I rinse the grains off with water only when changing mediums - going from cow's milk to coconut milk or vice versa.
Check the coconut milk isn't too hot and plop in the grains (the jar pictured here is really too large but I've run out of 1L jars at the moment). I put it in the pantry, out of direct sunlight, for 24 hours, giving it a good swirl every now and then.
After 24 hours I strain the grains out and put the coconut milk kefir in an airtight container in the fridge. Sometimes the kefir is so thick that it won't go through the strainer so I need to fish through it for the grains with a spoon (or clean fingers). I rinse the grains off lightly and put them in some fresh cows milk (the grains feed off the lactose so need to be kept in cow's milk between coconut batches).
We've been having the coconut milk kefir in our probiotic smoothies. Yum!
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