Homemade Kefir?

[CathToria]

how do you make kefir? Can i make it just like yogurt, by heating milk, adding existing kefir, and leaving it warm for the kefir bacteria to multiply? Or do I need a special starter?

TIA,
Gigi

[toraji]

You need to use special kefir grains to get it to work. Bunches of info here:
http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html

What's neat about kefir is that you don't need to incubate it like yogurt, you can just leave it out at room temp.