What better way to start another day in tropical island paradise than with a bowl of bircher muesli? Oats, nuts, sunflower seeds, sultanas, fruit juice, a few sprinkles of chia seeds, and several dollops of home-made yoghurt all mixed in. And served with an amazing view courtesy of “the Beach”, or Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Leh, made famous by said movie starring Leo Di Caprio.
‘Amanda makes her own yoghurt these days??’, I hear you ask. Why indeed I do. Several boating forums mentioned how easy it is to whip up your own batch, so I gave it a crack, and voila! Delicious and creamy greek yoghurt on demand. So this instalment of Galley Goodness brings you several different things to do with boat-made yoghurt. But first up the yoghurt: it really is as simple as filling an Easiyo jar* halfway up with milk powder, adding two tablespoons of a previously made batch of yoghurt and filling the rest of the jar with room temp water, then shaking well to mix. Plonk it in the Easiyo canister and fill to the line with hot water. 12 hours later…yum yoghurt!
*Note this is NOT an Easiyo advertisement. You don’t need to buy the sachets. You don’t even have to buy the yoghurt-maker, it just makes life easier and you don’t need thermometers etc.
One of our best yoghurt recipe discoveries is Jamie Oliver’s simple flatbread recipe . 350 grams of SR flour mixed with 350 grams of plain yoghurt and a teaspoon of baking powder. Mix together into bread dough and then grill on the BBQ! Perfect little flatbreads, and no need for yeast or rising or kneading or any of that usual bread-making palaver. Especially perfect in some Asian countries where bread is nearly impossible to buy.
Next up is super-simple dip. Mix yoghurt and a few sprinkles of french onion soup mix or capsicum relish and serve with crackers. Instant sundowner snacks!
And finally, mix cubes of tropical fruit and yoghurt and freeze into ice blocks!
Anyway, back to “the Beach”. We visited nice and early, but the place was already a zoo. By the time we had finished breakfast, had a walk on shore and a snorkel, it was bedlam, with wave after wave of tourist boats dumping more and more people onto the tiny stretch of beach. That was our queue to leave and hunt down the next bit of paradise.
Us and about four thousand of our closest friends!
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