The Easiest Way to Make a Sourdough Starter

This is the BEST sourdough starter recipe for beginners! No measuring, no discards, no feedings required! It is the only sourdough starter method I have ever used and have been baking sourdough breads for almost 40 years!

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[VeronicasVeil]

This is THE easiest and the BEST starter I have ever done! Amazing! Thank you so much!!!

[mjmccarthy]

8 oz buttermilk, 1/2c flour, very few caraway seeds(1/8 t).

[herlindeclark]

Caraway seeds: make the bread more ‘stomach friendly’ . Our child was born prematurely and had trouble with her feedings. The midwife told me to make caraway tea to help my child to pass gas easier. It worked. German rye bread always has caraway seeds and coriander seeds in it. My Oma baked rye bread in the community oven many years ago. Huge loaves. Thank you for your videos.

[azbzzz]

This is the easiest starter that I have EVER tried. I have been baking sourdough since I was 20 and am now 76. It all worked but a struggle. I made this starter and have it sitting on my cabinet and use it daily. I made a cornbread cake twice. I made fried bread with it etc. I quit being scared of it. I fed it some flour yesterday and it really got going all over my cabinet. so I decided to make bread. It rose all night and is now in the final rise before baking. I cannot wait to find out if it is as delicious as I believe/ I am no longer a slave to my starter and I'm not afraid of its demise. I love this so much. I also made the beeswax covers. What a great idea. Nice. I am using less and less of commercial aluminum foil and other covers and papers. I am becoming self sufficient and teaching others the same. Thank you so very much. Keep up the good work. Oh and my house is full of 3 kitties.

[janicerusso]

After trying to make sourdough starter since last year, I finally had success using your recipe with buttermilk. It took over 10 days and I made my first ever loaf of sourdough bread today and can’t wait to taste it. I was so excited when the starter began to smell better and just lots and lots of bubbles that I just had to name my starter “Anja”! Thanks to you I finally got it! 😊

[ari-cmti]

I used greek yogurt and no caraway seeds and I'm on day 3 and today it developed alot!! It had bubbles! I'm so excited!!! Thank you so much for simplifying sourdough because it confused me so much, I literally still don't understand it and was going to not even attempt it until i came across your videos and articles.

[anjalibhatt]

Nice recipe 👍, Fenugreek seeds also has fermenting properties. While making "dosa" and "idli" in India we use five-six Fenugreek seeds and leave the batter to ferment overnight and it works 😀

[ssmith]

Why Caraway seeds? Because Mama said so!!!
And if you are anything like me, sometimes that is enough of a reason to just do it like Mama said 😀
Thank you for sharing all that she taught you with the rest of us.

[patriciaekenstam]

Caraway seeds have enzymes that helps breakdown the carbs allowing the yeast or bacteria to digest and ferment. So for what I understand is an accelerator of fermentation.

[alyxandra]

For your question regarding Caraway Seed...Effect of Caraway, Fennel and Melissa addition on in vitro Rumen Fermentation and Gas Production by Rahmy HAF, et al. published in PJBS on 01/01/2019 (forgive me for my awfully formatted citation, it's been a while since I've written one lol!)

This study found that "It may be concluded that addition of different medicinal and aromatic herbal plants Caraway (Carum carvi), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) and Melissa (Melissa officinali)), especially at highest levels tested has a great potential in manipulating rumen fermentation [Rumen fermentation is a process that converts ingested feed into energy sources for the host], which may be of benefit when applied in ruminant nutrition."

And, thank you so much for your video, I'm making my first sourdough starter tonight!

[cjberg]

Have a very active, bubbly buttermilk sour dough starter on my counter this evening (only took 4 days..will bake tomorrow)! Thank you Anjya! Never had such results from a starter previously. Was pleased to also learn from another of your subscribers who spoke of saving dough; covering in flour, and feeding when ready to bake. Just the way my German grandma did it. Her bread was so big, fluffy, chewy and delicious!! love your channel and the way you calmly step us through your learned baking process! Thanks again!

[dlgrilli]

FINALLY! I have tried and failed at sourdough for the past 3 years and gave up a year ago. Anja, I am so excited to report that 5 days in and my starter is bubbling! I used organic whole milk yogurt, caraway seeds, all-purpose flour, and a heaping tablespoon of wheat germ to begin, then stirred in 1 heaping tablespoon of AP daily into the hooch. I will let it continue to ferment for the next week and then on day 10 I'll try my 1st ever sourdough! I can't thank you enough for sharing your secrets! ❤

[laurettetupper]

I built up my starter enough to make waffles with pure starter and no extra flour, along with honey, egg, salt, coconut oil and baking soda and they are the most delicious waffles I have ever cooked. This starter is so versatile and worry free. Thank you!

[TandCocoProductions]

I’m so excited to try your technique! I think I’m the only person in the world who didn’t make sourdough during the pandemic because I was so busy with my 3 little kids and husband being home full time (working and homeschooling) that I was worried I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the starter because it seemed incredibly high maintenance. But you are my kind of cook/baker! I never measure anything either and enjoy cooking that way so when you said this was easy and no measuring I was like, “I’m in!” 🙌🤣 I’m going to start today! Thank you!!

[RootsAndWings]

Took your method and ran with it!! Only had bleached all purpose flour, nevertheless, 5 days later its nice and bubbly!!! Couldn't be more thrilled!! I did add juniper berries in a couple days ago though... they have yeast in them. Thanks for your content, it's a blessing!

[Reinolds_Recipes]

Great video! I would love to try this :) keep up the good work and thank you for sharing!! ❤️❤️❤️

[GrammyMidwife]

I can’t say thank you enough! Made my first successful starter on Nov 16 using your guidance and used homemade yogurt and water. Made some dinner rolls for our family dinner today and not a crumb was left. Fabulous. Also, I enrolled in your course.

Oh and I also started adding a bit of honey to the starter and it turbo-boosted the already jump-started starter! 😂

[chicinchicago]

Wonderful and easy instructions! Thank you!

[melaniehopkins]

Anja, thank you so much for sharing this video! You make it so easy for us to be successful with making and maintaining sourdough starter. You show it doesn’t need to be complicated . Smiles from Washington State!

[Gail_H]

Thank you! I hated the discards and this inspired me to keep going. My starter was given to me by a coworker whose mother brought it over from Israel. I’m enjoying learning. I think I’ve done enough that your video makes so much more sense to me than others.