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Fermented milk from Myanmar

Dein chin (Burmese yogurt)ဒိန်ချဉ်

Dein chin is the Burmese name for dahi, the set curd of South Asia. Milk is boiled, cooled to body warmth, seeded with a little of the previous day's curd and left overnight to sour and set. A new line without old curd is started in Myanmar with fresh lime juice, which takes about 20 hours to coagulate the milk.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Dein chin itself.

Short entryFermented milk

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceFAO's household dahi method, which it says is called dein chin in Myanmar; only the starter rate is given.
Cow or buffalo milk[fao-tmp]
Dahi or buttermilk from the previous day0.5 to 1 % of the milkThe starter for dahi in general[fao-tmp]
Fresh lime juiceUsed in Myanmar to start a new batch when there is no starter[fao-tmp]
Starterbackslop: 0.5–1 % of the previous day's curd; lime juice for a fresh start
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What changes: The milk is boiled and cooled until it is about as warm as the body

Step 1 of 3
Boil the milk and cool it to body warmth
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Output: boiled milk at body temperature.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

heat kills the milk's own bacteria

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Dein chin is the Burmese name for dahi, the set curd of South Asia. Milk is boiled, cooled to body warmth, seeded with a little of the previous day's curd and left overnight to sour and set. A new line without old curd is started in Myanmar with fresh lime juice, which takes about 20 hours to coagulate the milk.

What makes this one different

Dein chin is made the same way as dahi; the one Myanmar-specific step recorded is starting a new batch with fresh lime juice, which takes about 20 hours to set the milk.

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is boiled before seeding.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [fao-tmp] FAO 1990, The technology of traditional milk products in developing countries, Animal Production and Health Paper 85, section II.2.3 (Dahi; Union of Myanmar)gov
  2. [wiktionary] Wiktionary, ဒိန်ချဉ် (milk curd, yogurt)wiki