can someone walk me through making coconut milk yogurt?

[ashleyhaugh]

i tried to do the crockpot method with soy milk and ended up withroom temp soy milk with a clumo of yogurt in it, lol.

i was able to find some coconut milk yogurt, but $1.25 for an 8oz cup is WAY out of my price range

[CookAMH]

You might try posting this in Traditional Foods.

Here are a couple old threads I found that might steer you in the right direction:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=520082

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...+yogurt+recipe

[kjbrown92]

I have a recipe for it on my blog, www.kathysrecipebox.com. It wasn't easy to figure out. I had a lot of failed batches. You'll need non-dairy starter (I get mine from www.giprohealth.com), coconut milk, vanilla (if you want), a sweetener (I use palm sugar or maple syrup because my DS can't have cane sugar and DD2 can't have honey), and tapioca starch.

[ashleyhaugh]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

I have a recipe for it on my blog, www.kathysrecipebox.com. It wasn't easy to figure out. I had a lot of failed batches. You'll need non-dairy starter (I get mine from www.giprohealth.com), coconut milk, vanilla (if you want), a sweetener (I use palm sugar or maple syrup because my DS can't have cane sugar and DD2 can't have honey), and tapioca starch.

where can i find tapioca starch? also, do you think i could use plain coconut milk yogurt instead of a starter? and if so, how much do you think id need? and how do you incubate it? i dont have a yogurt maker

so many questions, lol

[kjbrown92]

Originally Posted by ashleyhaugh

where can i find tapioca starch? also, do you think i could use plain coconut milk yogurt instead of a starter? and if so, how much do you think id need? and how do you incubate it? i dont have a yogurt maker

so many questions, lol

there are other methods... you can look up those on here... some people use a cooler and some people use a slow cooker I think... and a heating pad...

I've only used the starter because none of the commercial coconut milk yogurts are safe for us, so I don't know how to start it from anything else.

Tapioca starch... you could use arrowroot starch or cornstarch. I get it online, at health food stores, at Asian market, and some grocery stores.

[quelindo]

FWIW I used Kathy's recipe and it turned out great!