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Instant Pot Vegan Yogurt

How to easily make yogurt at home! This recipe also shows you how to make ultra rich soymilk that makes a thick and rich yogurt that is high in protein! This recipe is flexible and you can use whatever variety of milk that you have if soy isn't your jam.
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Ingredients

Soy Milk (Skip this if using store bought milk)

  • 8 cups Water
  • 1 cup Soybeans dried

Yogurt

  • 4 Cups Soy Milk See article above for using alternative milks
  • 1 tbs Vegan Yogurt or 2 capsules of Probotic Suppliments, or 1 serving of Vegan Yogurt Starter, or 2 tbs water kefir

Instructions

Very Rich Soy Milk (Skip this step if using premade milk)

  • Soak your soybeans overnight, they should double to triple in size.
  • Rinse your soybeans and add 1/2 of them to a blender with 4 cups of water. Blend for at least 60 seconds.
    Pour the soymilk into a large pot
    Blend the rest of the soybeans and add them to the pot
  • Bring the pot to a low to medium heat and simmer the soy milk for 20 minutes.
    Too high of a heat will burn the milk and make cleaning your pot a huge pain! Stir the milk every 5 minutes or so to prevent the pulp from sticking to the bottom of your pan.
  • Remove from heat and let the milk fully cool down to room temperature.
    Line a large strainer with a cheesecloth (or thin tea towel) and place a large bowl underneath. Pour the milk into the lined strainer into the bowl.
    Grab the corners of the cheesecloth, twist it and squeeze out the pulp.
    Save the pulp for falafel, crackers, vegan meatballs, or roast and add to granola
    *To sweeten your milk add in a 1 tbs of sugar or maple syrup*

Making the Yogurt

  • Add all the ingredients to your instant pot, mix well, and set to the yogurt setting
  • Let that cook for 8 hours to 10 hours.
    Line a strainer with cheesecloth or a tea towel and pour in the yogurt. Strain away the whey (the liquid) and pour the yogurt into a jar.
    The yogurt will last for up to two weeks in a sterilized jar.

Optional Flavors

  • Add in 1/4 cup of maple syrup to your yogurt to sweeten it!