The recipe for ayran has not only a long history, but also a special cooking technology for every people. If the people led a sedentary life, the ayran was prepared rather liquid, more resembling the consistency of our yogurt, while among the nomads the drink became thick as yogurt (saving space during transportation) and diluted with water before consumption.
Drink ayran - recipe
The dense ayran of nomads is, as a matter of fact, ordinary yogurt, the recipe of home preparation which we could describe more than once. Liquid ayran is a mixture of yoghurt with water, for taste there can also add salt and / or greens.
Ingredients:
- yoghurt - 360 ml;
- water - 360 ml;
- salt - 1 teaspoon.
Preparation
The main difference of ayran from any low-fat yogurt is the presence of foam on top. You can make this foam by hand whipping water and yogurt whisk or shaking well in a bottle, or you can use a blender.
Fill the bowl of the blender with water and yogurt in equal proportions. Pour in the salt and whisk together for half a minute. The finished ayran is poured and drunk immediately.
Turkish ayran with mint - recipe
Ingredients:
- yogurt - 480 ml;
- salt - 1/2 tsp;
- a handful of mint greenery;
- ice.
Preparation
Maximize the mint leaves and mix them with yoghurt. Add the salt, mix and serve with a few ice cubes.
The recipe for ayran from yogurt
Dense ayran can also be varied by adding greens, salt and ground spices.
Ingredients:
- milk - 220 ml;
- kefir - 40 ml.
Preparation
Bring the milk to a boil to kill the remnants of "wild" strains of lactic acid bacteria. After cooling the milk to room temperature, add biokefir in it, cover and leave in the heat for a quarter of a day. Ready thick ayran chill before use.
The recipe for ayran is tan with greens
Unlike the recipes described above, tan is cooked with the addition of greens, and even grated cucumbers, and can also be diluted with carbonated water.
Ingredients:
- yoghurt - 980 ml;
- sparkling water;
- cucumber - 30 g;
- a bunch of greenery (dill, mint, parsley);
- salt.
Preparation
Based on the desired density of the drink, dilute the yogurt with mineral water. Bring the base of the drink to taste. Grind greens, grate cucumber and mix them with ayran. Serve after pre-cooling.