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Kitchen Tips: 7 Easy Hacks To Use Sour Milk

By Smriti Dey

January 22, 2024

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Got sour milk in your kitchen but don't know what to do? For starters, don't throw it out because it is very useful. Try these seven useful sour milk hacks to enhance your cooking. Keep reading to learn more!

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Baking

Sour milk is used as a substitute for buttermilk in baking recipes. You can try this out, too. 

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Pancakes And Waffles

Use sour milk in your pancake or waffle batter. The acidity of the sour milk can help create more soft waffles than regular.

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Sour Milk Yoghurt

 Simply heat the milk to 95C and then inoculate the milk with some yoghurt for 4–6 hours. Refrigerate overnight and enjoy.

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Salad Dressings

Sour milk instead of sour cream? Try it in homemade salad dressings. Mix it with herbs, garlic, mustard, and olive oil and discover a new taste!

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Cheese Making

Sour milk can be used to make a simple homemade cheese. Cheese from sour milk is not bland, and one doesn't need to add salt to it.

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Marinades

You can use sour milk as a base for meat or vegetable marinades. It makes the meat more tender.

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Cottage Cheese

Make cottage cheese at home using sour milk. You can also add salt and herbs for more flavour.

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