"Kefir grains" redirects here. For water kefir grains, see Tibicos.
For the beverage known as water kefir, see Tibicos. For other uses, see Kaffir (disambiguation).
Kefir
Plain milk kefir being poured
Alternative names
Milk kefir, gıpı ayran, qundəps, búlgaros
Place of origin
North Caucasia
Region or state
Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia
Main ingredients
Milk and kefir grains
Cookbook: Kefir
Media: Kefir
Slavic homemade foods kolach and korovai served alongside kvass and kefir
Kefir (/kəˈfɪər/kə-FEER;[1][2] also spelled as kephir or kefier; Russian: кефир; Polish: kefir; Karachay-Balkar: гыпы) is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or ayran that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture. It is prepared by inoculating the milk of cows, goats, or sheep with kefir grains.[3]
Karachays and Balkars are the creators of Kefir and Kefir Yeast.[4][5] The drink originated in the North Caucasus, in particular the Elbrus region along the upper mountainous sections of Karachay and Balkaria, from where it came to Russia,[6][7] and from there it spread worldwide. Kefir is a common breakfast, lunch or dinner drink consumed in countries of western Eurasia. Kefir is consumed at any time of the day, such as with zelnik (zeljanica), burek and banitsa/gibanica, as well as in cold soups.
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^Altay F, Karbancıoglu-Güler F, Daskaya-Dikmen C, Heperkan D (October 2013). "A review on traditional Turkish fermented non-alcoholic beverages: microbiota, fermentation process and quality characteristics". International Journal of Food Microbiology. 167 (1): 44–56. doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.06.016. PMID 23859403.
^Peoples of the Caucasus: Material culture Food and Housing (in Russian). Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 1995. p. 100.
^Dilanyan, Z. H. (1957). Technology Of Milk And Dairy Products (in Russian). Agricultural Publishing House. p. 171.
^Мусаевич, Мизиев, Исмаил (7 March 2010). История Балкарии и Карачая в трудах Исмаила Мизиева: В 3 т. (in Russian). Нальчик: Издательство М. и В. Котляровых. ISBN 978-5-93680-337-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^А., ТАРАСОВ (1925). "Нельзя забывать, что в Карачае издревле вырабатывается замечательная "лактобацил-линовая" простокваша "айран", нельзя забывать, что родиной кефира, кефирного молока считается Карачай. Только здесь можно купить в засушенном виде похожие на крупную дробь кефирные грибки ("гыпы", по-карачаевски). Германские ученые также считают Карачай родиной этого грибка…". Северо-Кавказский край. (in Russian). 9: 84.
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