Ааруул хийх арга/How to make Aaruul

Ааруул хийх явцдаа тараг бүрэх бас аарц хийхийг сурч чадна/While making aaruul we will be learning to make yogurt and aartc at the progress


PROCESS IN ENGLISH


You will need: - Milk -4L (Fat 2-3%)
- Plain yogurt (4% - of milk)- 160 gr
- Small amount of cold milk (1/3 cup)
- Thermometer
- Kitchen cotton towel or cotton (I used cheesecloth but it couldn’t strain aartc)
- Enamel big pot
- Clamps
- Wooden flats

Step 1. MAKING YOGURT : 5:17

- Heat 4 liters milk in steel pot until just before boiling (80-90C)
- Remove pot, pour hot milk into enamel pot
- Let milk stand at 42-45C (107,6-113F)- temperature is very important
- While milk cooling down, prepare yogurt starter; - put a small amount of cold milk into big cup and plain yogurt (160gr) then mix and stir thoroughly
- Continue to check hot milk temperature occasionally
- When the temperature is at 42-45 C add preparing yogurt starter and stir well.
- Put lid on the enamel pot, place in a warm location, cover with a blanket and leave it overnight (you can leave it 4-5 hours), (do not open lid or shake because milk is fermenting)
- Next day remove the blanket, place pot to another cool location. Do not open lid.
- After 20-30 minutes open lid and stir thoroughly
- You can keep it in fridge or continue making aartc

Step 2. MAKING AARTC : 15:38

- Boil the yogurt 2-3 minutes at medium high. Do not boil any longer.
- Set aside it until cool or warm
- Use cotton towel or cotton and separate a liquid from solid pieces
- Then press the solid part between two wooden flats and use clamps
- Fasten or tighten the solid part using clamps
- Change the wrapping and make the aartc into good shape after 5-10 minutes (If you only make aartc you can leave changing wrap process)

Step 3. MAKING AARUUL : 27:14

- Again press the aartc with clamps and tighten occasionally. Now you can leave the aartc overnight.
- Remove clamps and take off cotton cloth from aartc and cut it with knife
- Drain cutting pieces on wooden flat and change down side sometimes (dry on sunlight and light wind)
- Dry the aaruuls at least 3-4 days. Also, you can use thin cotton string and thread them thru the aartc and hang them at a high place to dry.