Milk gira, Lithuanian fermented drink
A traditional Lithuanian farmhouse drink: sweetened, boiled, and then cooled milk, inoculated with yeast and fermented before being bottled.
Discover this traditional drink, rich in probiotics, which is easy to prepare at home.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time10 min
- Cook time10 min
- Resting24 hr
- Total24 hr 20 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Calories683 kcal/serving
- Cooking methodfermentation
- Estimated cost$7.85 $1.57 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $4.95
- $0.16
- $2.74
Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Dissolve the sugar in the milk and bring to a boil.
- Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Dissolve the yeast in a small amount of sugar, then add it to the milk and let it ferment. ≈ 4 min
- Pourage into bottles and store in the refrigerator.
The bill
Milk gira, Lithuanian fermented drink
- 5 liters of the most skimmed milk possible$4.95
- 200 grams of sugar$0.16
- 50 g of baker’s yeast$2.74
Total$7.85
that's $1.57 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 683 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 16.6 g |
| Saturated fat | 10.2 g |
| Carbohydrates | 92.5 g |
| Sugars | 90.5 g |
| Fiber | 2.7 g |
| Protein | 39.9 g |
| Salt | 0.91 g |
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