Fermented baked milk

If you add a Bulgarian stick and lactic acid streptococci to melted milk, in about five hours you can get a delicious drink of Ukrainian cuisine - mummer. It is distinguished by its traditional fermented milk taste with an unsurpassed taste of melted milk and a creamy or yellowish-brownish tint. It is essentially one of the varieties of yogurt, only without any flavors.

Quite often, mummer acts as the basis for the preparation of a drink called Lassi and is an analogue of the Turkic katyk and varenets. Currently, you can purchase this fermented milk aromatic drink of various fatness - from a dietary product (1%) to a more nutritious one - mummer 6% fat. However, regardless of the calorie content of the mummer, this product has truly unique qualities and is unusually useful for humans.

In cooking, mummer is used not only as a delicious drink, but also as an important component for preparing a variety of dishes. Pies, pancakes or mummer-based pancakes are very tasty. This product fits perfectly with most types of berries and fruits, but unlike kefir, you do not need to add sugar or honey to it at all. Therefore, if you consider yourself to be a sweet tooth, but do not want to gain hated kilograms, be sure to reduce sugar consumption by adding mummer cocktails to your diet.

Composition of mummer

It is worth noting that the composition of the mummer is almost identical to the set of substances that are contained in melted milk, only the distinctive property of the mummer is that it is absorbed much better.

So, the composition of the mummer includes vitamins of group A, B, C and PP. In addition, there is also a considerable amount of the most important minerals for human health - macro and trace elements (iron, calcium, sulfur, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and sodium).

The benefits of mummer

It has been proven that along with excellent gastronomic qualities, the benefits of mummer for humans are high calcium content. 1 cup of this fermented milk product contains 1/4 of the required daily norm of this substance and 20% of such a macronutrient as phosphorus.

In addition, the protein contained in this beverage is able to be absorbed much more easily and faster than in the same milk. Therefore, with regular use, the benefits of mummer are expressed in improving appetite, kidney function and the gastrointestinal tract.

The harm of mummer

In addition to the benefits, this drink also has its own contraindications: for example, the possible harm of mummers is not excluded if a person has gastric ulcers and gastritis with increased acidity.