A creamy, delicious and gut-healthy snack or breakfast, homemade Vegan (and paleo) Organic coconut yogurt is simple to make and you can whip it up in no time at all.
Dairy Yogurt, when made right can be incredibly healthy and healing for the body, however as the milk is pasteurized a great deal of the beneficial bacteria cannot survive in that environment and though they are added in after the process they often die quickly as there is not much to sustain them – unless a ridiculous amount of sugar is added – but who wants that!.
Making homemade coconut yogurt is a great alternative. When you buy coconut yogurt at the grocer it’s filled with a lot of additives and preservatives (so is dairy yogurt). So make sure you choose wisely.
For regular yogurt (dairy) make sure it has two, the most three ingredients (milk and bacterial culture).
Organic Coconut Yogurt
Ingredients
- 2 400 ml Cans of Organic Coconut Milk
- 1/4 tsp Himalayan Sea Salt
- 50-100 billion probiotic count open capsules
- Pinch Vanilla Bean optional
- 1 tsp Agave
- 1 tsp agar agar flakes to make it thicker like Greek yogurt*
- Disinfected Mason Jar
Instructions
- Heat the Coconut milk until it boils and then turn it off.
- Add vanilla, salt, sugar and agar agar – Make sure all ingredients are well combined. Let it cool completely.
- Disinfect a Mason Jar with boiling water.
- Once the coconut milk is cold add the probiotics (open each capsule and let out the probiotics – as the yogurt ferments it will build up its culture).
- Add the yogurt to the mason jar and store in a cool dark place for 48 hours (I left it on my kitchen counter and it was fine as well). Cover with a clean dish towel or plastic wrap.
- Store it in the fridge for around two weeks.
Notes
Nutrition
Hi Amanda, great post you have here!
Are the probiotic capsules the ones we buy as supplements or specific ones for cooking?
I would like to try making this coco yoghurt myself as the Coyo brand is super expensive and I have changed my mind about the Sojade organic fermented soy yoghurt (400 grams) that it may afterall be a very unhealthy thing to eat everyday as i have been doing for months now!
So either coco or back to sheep/goat for me will be best i think.
I would like to know your informed opinion on this please!
Thanks
Afonso
Hello Afonso,
Thank you so much for your message. For the probiotic, it is just the one that you purchase at your local health food store. I would say strength (such as 50 billion live cultures, or 100 billion) is not as important as the diversity of strains (which will appear on the probiotic supplement as 9-strains of bacteria, 15 strains etc). I would recommend heading over to probioticchart.ca (canada) or usprobioticguide.com (United States) to find out which ones have been studied and will actually have live cultures. If you have any more questions please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Definitely love coconut yogurt, but I also find goat/sheep a great one to include (even beyond that kefir is wonderful).
Hope you have a wonderful day,
Kindest Regards,
Amanda