Homemade Ayran
Light, tasty, refreshing, healthy — and just two ingredients! Homemade ayran is made from kefir with a little salt and water. Chopped fresh herbs are great for boosting the flavor. It's the perfect drink for hot days — it quenches thirst beautifully and aids digestion too!
Cooking method
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Step 1:
How do you make ayran from kefir? Very easily and quickly! The only equipment you need is a mixer or blender. First, gather the ingredients from the list. It's important that the water be drinkable, or the drink may pick up an off taste. Use bottled water, or boiled and cooled water.
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Step 2:
Chill the kefir and water in the fridge beforehand. Pour the cold kefir into a deep bowl or a mixing bowl. Any kefir will do, but use at least 2.5% fat. With 1% kefir the drink isn't as good — it ends up with the smell of kefir rather than the flavor. Add the salt and pour in the cold water.
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Step 3:
Beat the mixture thoroughly on high speed until a fluffy, stable foam forms and the salt fully dissolves. Taste and, if needed, add more salt or thin it out with water or kefir if it's too salty.
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Step 4:
Pour the homemade ayran into glasses, garnish with dill sprigs, and serve right away while the foam holds. If you like, finely chop the dill, add it straight into the drink, and blend it in with the mixer. Enjoy!
- If you want to make more servings, scaling up is easy: use kefir and water in equal 1:1 proportions, and add salt to taste.
- You can use plain unsweetened yogurt instead of kefir.
- It's best to use neutral-tasting filtered or bottled water. Tap water can give the drink an unpleasant off taste.
- Since everyone's tolerance for salt, sweetness, bitterness, heat, acidity, and pungency is different, always add seasonings to your own taste. If you're using a seasoning for the first time, remember some are especially easy to overdo (chili pepper, for example).
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Dill - 38 kcal/100g
- Full-fat kefir - 62 kcal/100g
- Kefir, 1% fat - 38 kcal/100g
- Low-fat kefir - 30 kcal/100g
- Doctor Bifi kefir, 1.8% fat - 45 kcal/100g
- Kefir, 2.5% fat - 53 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
