Chocolate Yogurt
By: Veggi Fare
Published: Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:35am

Ingredients




500 milliliters low fat milk, 1.5%% (this makes the yogurt slightly thin, use normal 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar (more or less)
40 grams dark chocolate 70%%, roughly broken
1 tablespoon plain yogurt

Preparation

1 Mix the milk and the sugar and bring it to a boil. 2 Reduce the heat and simmer the milk for 7 minutes. 3 Add the roughly broken chocolate pieces and, stirring continuously, cook the milk until the chocolate melts completely. 4 Simmer the milk again for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and let it cool down to room temperature. 5 Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C for 10 minutes and switch off. 6 When the milk is still slightly warm ( if you insert your finger in the milk and can hold it without getting burnt to the count of 10), add the yogurt and whisk well. 7 Pour the milk in the glass jars and cover them with aluminum foil. 8 Place the jars on the oven tray and place the tray in the center of the pre-heated oven. 9 I left the jars in the oven overnight and the yogurt was set by next morning.

About


Having spend a good number of years in Kolkata, one tends to develop a liking toward the local food. Bengal is known for its food and especially its sweets. I, having a pretty sweet tooth, love almost all the Bengali Mithais. One such example is mishti doi (sweet yogurt).
Mishti doi is a popular dessert in Bengal and everyone at my place loves it. A few days back when I read about the Chocolate event at Jyoti's lovely blog, one line she wrote got stuck in my head. "What I am looking for is not cakes and cookies! I want you to go beyond that." Hmmm...I thought. And then an idea struck me when I was just about to hit the bed yesterday, why not try making chocolate yogurt. I've made mishti doi a quite a number of times. The process is simple and very excitedly I went to the kitchen and started preparing this dessert. 
My hubby who was fast asleep by then, came to the kitchen and was like "are you mad" :-)I just gave him a smile and said "Chocolate Doi" and he went again to sleep.
This morning, the first thing I did was to see if this recipe was a success or not - and when I saw the yogurt, I was really thrilled.
This tasted simply great and for me anything with chocolate is always a hit :-) Make it, you'll believe it.