Boza (Fermented Drink)
Balkan recipes win you over with their gentle, subtle flavor. Boza is a fermented drink common throughout the Balkans, traditionally said to have originated in Albania. It usually contains about 1% alcohol and comes from the fermentation of millet or wheat. I found this recipe online and just had to make it. The drink is, frankly, very distinctive, but on the whole — tasty. Turkish cuisine has many ways of making boza, but this is the most common one.
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Boza (Fermented Drink)
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 7 %
1 g
Fats 0 %
0 g
Carbohydrates 93 %
13 g
63 kcal
GI:
31
/
0
/
69
- Ahead of time, rinse the bulgur, pick it over, and put it in a large pot. Add 12 cups of water and leave it covered at room temperature for 8–10 hours (overnight is best). In the morning, cook it for 2 hours over low heat. Then transfer it to a blender, blend, strain the mixture, and refrigerate it. Put the strained bulgur back in the pot, add 8 cups of water, and cook for an hour over low heat. Strain it again and refrigerate again. From here the process gets more interesting. Pour the flour into a small saucepan, add 2/3 cup of water, and bring it to a thickened consistency over low heat, stirring constantly. Take it off the heat, add 2 tbsp of sugar, and wait for it to dissolve. Once the mixture cools, add the yogurt. Dissolve the yeast in warm water and add it to the yogurt mixture. After 30 minutes, add the blended bulgur. Leave it at room temperature for 2 days. Add the vanilla and the remaining sugar. It's best served with cinnamon, alongside any food.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Acidophilus milk, 3.2% fat - 58 kcal/100g
- Rastishka - 122 kcal/100g
- Danone drinkable yogurt - 76 kcal/100g
- Agusha drinkable yogurt - 87 kcal/100g
- Actimel, plain - 83 kcal/100g
- Danone yogurt, 2.2% fat - 96 kcal/100g
- Maxi Tel - 48 kcal/100g
- Ehrmann full-fat yogurt - 152 kcal/100g
- Yogurt, 3.5% fat - 68 kcal/100g
- Plain yogurt, 1.5% fat - 48 kcal/100g
- Low-fat milk yogurt - 38 kcal/100g
- Cinnamon - 247 kcal/100g
- Compressed yeast - 109 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour, fortified - 333 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour, all-purpose - 364 kcal/100g
- Fine semolina flour - 348 kcal/100g
- Flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Vanilla - 288 kcal/100g
- Bulgur - 342 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
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