Make Bokashi EMA from scratch by Rice water & Milk | Cheap Bokashi without bran | Indoor composting
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2021
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Rice Water EMA Recipe (adapted from Fraser Valley Rose Farm)
1:2 Rice: Water
"Massage" rice in water until water is in opaque white. This step is to collect the rice starch.
Pour rice water into a container and let ferment for a few days, until you smell a cheese/sour smell and has a film formed on top.
1:10 Fermented Rice Water:Milk
Mix fermented rice water into milk and let ferment for a few days, until you see separation of curd and whey (yellowish water).
The whey, full of Lactobacillus, is now ready to use as a substitute of EM-1 to make EMA.
For my EMA recipe, check out here
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It's been a while since my last update.
Last time, I've made a bokashi EMA without bran, it was a huge success, and I've been using the recipe for a few months.
When I finally use up the last drop of my EM-1 and molasses, I suddenly thought of "why not try to make EM from scratch?" . Hence this video is made to record my experiment.
The experiment has been working well thanks to the recipe from
Fraser Valley Rose Farm.
At first, I've failed on fermenting rice water because I leave it a little too long, it went bad. Next, I have adapt the recipe's waiting time to my country's temperature and weather, so the waiting time is shorten.
To the key is to observe by smell and the appearance of the rice water and milk. Once it has start to have a cheesy/sour smell, it is fermented :)
I was having a lot of fun during this experiment.
On the next video, I will share an update on how the bokashi bin goes with this rice/milk em along with tips of troubleshooting bokashi.
Bokashi is a composting method that had been long practiced in Japan's agriculture to improve their soil.
By practicing bokashi, I've greatly reduce my daily kitchen waste going to the landfill, and creates nutritious bokashi tea and soil for my house plants.
Will you try to make this version of EMA? Let me know in the comments :)
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Hiya Sydney. Your video says any milk can be used... This isn't quite true. What you're doing is growing Lactic Acid Bacteria AKA Lactobacillus. They eat the lactose in milk so lactose free milk won't work.
Great video though, I really like your channel :)
Hello there, Thank you for your compliment and comment!
I didn’t know there’s Lactose free milk available in the market, a great info sharing! I will pin your comment so the other can see it too 🙏
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Ok so what you're saying is that the recipe is not the EM-1 actually! Im'i right or not?
@karimlb6601 thats right, its not em-1.... em1 consists of 3 main types of microbes: lacto bacillus (many strains), Yeast and pnsb (purple non sulfur bacteria).
What she is making is lactobacillus only and not with a lot of strains *variety is key. So only 1/3 with lacking strains.
An easier method at home is to make water kefir. As it contains a lot of lactobacillus strains...as well as lots of yeast strains...but its still missing the pnsb. It would still be quite useful. But you could source the pnsb...
But honestly i just find it easier to buy em1 in bulk.
After activation 20x it is quite affordable really.
@@Change-Maker Hello, can you please tell me more about how to make EM1 from water kefir. I've been making this kefir for 2 mknaten every day and would like to know how I make EM1 out of it. I thank you in advance
Loved the video and the rain was just beautiful and the background music a dream. How lovely is your garden.Thanks,very interesting and enjoyable,
I came to learn about bokashi, but this seems so poetic and soothing.
Love the video, hope to see more later. Definitely enjoy the rain and calming effect of your video. And definitely trying you method
Thank you for your support!
Liked this video very much. Am surely going to attempt this for my garden. Thankyou very much. Best wishes and God bless you.
Best class of how to produce EM. I will start my bokashi and thinking to spray some EM into my worms bin as well!!
Beautiful ASMR
Thanks for the video & tutorial Sydney :) I am a lazy gardener who doesn't quite like foliar spraying )): So I am doing soil drenching only :)
This is a very small but absolutely VITAL skill to know if you want to grow food especially indoors or underground utilizing artificial lightning and Aeroponic or living soil to make your own fermented fertilizer or hydroponic solutions. Thank you so much for your time and knowledge. You're doing great things with your UA-cam channel. Blessings for you my friend.
Tkasih kongsi ilmu ini dgn kami.. selamat maju jaya Sydney Tay😍😍
Thank you so much for sharing! I work at a restaurant with loads of food waste and want to start bringing it home so I can make more compost. Rats are a concern so I'm hoping to do bokashi, but the bran price was putting me off. This is so helpful!
Rats and mice love bakashi
Thank you for sharing your video very informative
Very nice video 👏 . I would also inoculate the rice husks, by spraying them until they are just damp, giving them a good mix and letting them dry before storing. That way the rice husks will also help with the breakdown of the material in the bin.
Using this as just liquid and not inoculated bran is the way to go, been doing it successfully for years myself. Bran is so expensive , it's crazy!
It really is appealing to use just the liquid! Do you know how long it stores? Do the bran normally used cause a shorter shelf life to the final product? Because that would be a game changer for me.
Do you know if you can freeze the fermented milk liquid? So when you defrost and add the molasses you can wait just for the last fermentation?
Loved your video ! will try it out
Thank you!! Please do and good luck in your bokashi journey!
That was great Thank you
I need to buy one of those measuring cups you have.
Thank you so much for such a helpful material coming with soothing music I like the space so much one day I'll have a nice garden like this one
I've made some of this. It's magic juice for the soil😊
Hello, Great video. Can this curd be used anyhow in the garden?
This is my dream. To show the world 🌎🌍 how to feed themselves and never have to rely on others or grocery stores or the government or even MONEY 💵. TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD SUPPLY and be truely FREE. That's how I need to change my mind set and lifestyle. Get out of the city. Far away from society in a remote desert. Waiting for the end of the world.
Es exactamente mi mismo pensamiento
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I have done with government. Working on my 1 acre and fully paid house. Love it! and FJB
wheres she getting the rice from bro 😅
A clear well illustrated vid…
Thank you very much for the compliment
Very good presentation
Can you please guides us
How to use it for Gardening
Thanks
Great video, and I love the music, too. What is the soundtrack?
Hello! You can refer to the credits in the description box
I love paneer cheese
Yes, they are exceptionally tasty when pan fried 🤤 not to mention how easy it can be made at home!!
Gracias por compartir como realizar el cultivo de hongos
¡Me alegro de que haya ayudado! (I googled translated this sentence)
How long can you keep the ema? And how do you store the finished liquid?
Hello,can I use sugarcane molasses? And curd is easily available here in India,can I start my culture from that?
Nice video
Thank you for the kind words!!
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Can brown sugar or maple syrup be used instead of molasses? Dont have any at the moment but i think 100% maple could work being that its natural sugar or is it the sulfur component in molasses that has some benefits?
Hi Sydney, thank you for the video. Can the Bokashi tea be used in hydroponics as a nutrient for the water the plants are grown in?
Yes
Hi, I'm waiting for your next video. U said, u r going to show us bad bokashi tea look like.
Anyway i love all of ur videos. I just found ur videos week a go, bcs i wanna start to make my bokashi.
@Ahmed Sa ahhh i see i see, thanks for the info
Great recipe! How long is the final EMA solution is good for before it expires?
Thank you! Mine last for 3 weeks in room temperature
I've tried to make this once and it failed. After mixing with molasses and letting it set it didn't ferment. But I'm thinking it's because it was in a screw top container with the lid closed. Does it need oxygen to ferment? I just made another in a latch top jar without the seal like yours
If so, it is the aerobic condition to let them breathe oxygen? Can we make it in an anaerobic condition and what is the difference, please?
Are there other common things around a home to use in place of rice husk? Can I use dry leaves or dry grass clippings?
Yes you could use dry leaves and dry glass clippings
You can also use shredded paper or carton box too!
I'm interested in how you started your asparagus plant? Did you go from the actual seed, or did you have a root system that you planted? Apparently yours is growing in a container.....what are the requirements?......
Do you think I could achieve a similar result using some of my sourdough starter?
No...sourdough starter is a yeast culture. This is a lacto bacilli culture. It's a different microbe. Hole that helps!
What is that vinegar?
按你方法是做到一周后乳清和凝乳分層。但只有凝乳在下層 乳清表層沒有厚々奶泡。味道象乳酪。 是否還要繼續下去直至表面有奶泡？ thanks
你好👋
如果已經開始分層+有起司味道就可以了！
有起司味道通常表示已經成功發酵
Hello from Portugal. Can i make it with brown sugar? Here in Portugal Melaso is very expensive. Great video.
Hello Andre, thanks for the comment. Good question!
I've gathered that any sugar will work well with it.
However, you might need to experiment to find out the best amount to substitute molasses.
Hope this helps! x from Malaysia
Yeah mate but it's best to use brown sugar. The thing that makes it brown is molasses. Store it by putting in a jar with brown sugar until the sugar stops dissolving. If you see the sugar has gone, you just add more. It'll last in the fridge like this for about 2 years.
@@Sydneytay Thankyou for the great tips on this great composting method. I notice you added the molasses and water and then let it activate or ferment. Then your stored it ready for use. Does it keep fermenting. One helpful comnent below mentioned that you can refrigerated. Do you use your mixture quickly before it eats the suger and can you keep expanding the Lacto Bacillus by adding small parts to a new sugar solution or just keep feeding it everyday. Sorry for all the question but this is brilliant for small compact composting and gardening. Cheers
@@anthonywilson7304 Hello there! Thanks for the great question. For me, I didn’t refrigerate my EMA, I just use it everyday.
Normally, that 2L jar of EMA can last me until 4 weeks. However I do notice the EMA went inactive on 3rd week. So what I do is I mix a new batch of EMA and pour it into the jar again so I don’t waste the rest of the inactive one.
I think you’ve gave me an idea why the EMA went inactive! Probably can experiment on that!
@@Sydneytay Thanks for that and I'm very happy to have given you an idea. I know that when I brew my ginger beer from wild yeasts, I need to consider that the little things don't eat all the sugar during fermentation. I have to start to taste it before it gets sour. You still need a sweet flavour to taste good and at the same time have enough microbes in there to produce the nice pro biotics for our tummies. It has a little alcohol too which makes it a beautiful refreshing healthy Christmas drink. All the best and for the festive season.
Can you replace molasses with honey or brown sugar?
not good with honey cause real honey is a bit antibacterial. Brown sugar has not much minerals or vitamins. But i guess it will work also cause the sugar is the main food for EM at that time i guess.
And like in the video said, if it smells like strong soy sauce you are on the right track. If it has a bit red color even better you can be sure there a photosynthesis bacteria in the solution.
Would it be fine to use water used for COOKING rice? Obviously cooled down etc…
Not an expert but id imagine not since you would have already rinsed the rice and the cooking of the rice has essentially killed any bacteria that you want to cultivate.
Just rinse your rice and use the water used to wash your rice to start the culture and cook your rice as you normally would
Can I drink that?
does the finish product has an expiration? Can we make more of the finish product just w/o going through the beginning but by just using the bokashi?
No expiry date for the EMA :)
I've left a batch of EMA for a few months in a cool dry place and still work fine.
You can add molasses to find out if there's any microbes left in your aged EMA. If it still produce a filmsy product, the microbes is still there
Como usar
what size glass jar is used to ferment rice and make whey?
I used a 700mL jar in this video
Hello, I had folle your receipt but after a week I got some mold on the top. Is it normal?
Hello, the rice water/milk shouldn't have "colourful" molds (red/black/green/blue), white is ok :)
It should smell like fermented food like cheese, but not spoiled food
How can one avoid the maggot growth? I'm interested in worm-free composting like bokashi because I have a phobia, but I still want healthy soil.
I'm afraid complete worm-free would be impossible because earthworm is quite the essential in decomposing stage 👀
However there're a few ways to prevent maggots
Keep your bin dry and airtight! Maggots are usually from open lid that attract flies to lay eggs.
You can try controlling the moisture and temperature of the bin by:
1. Storing in a cool dry place, to avoid excess humid forming in the bin.
2. Make sure it is always airtight, and avoid flies while adding your food waste into the bin.
3. Add paper & carton shreds/brown leaves/dried plant cuttings (carbons) in to your bin to balance out the wet food waste, this way you can keep it drier, which is not suitable for the maggots to grow
4. Cover your decomposing bin with waterproof mat, to prevent it from rain.
I hope this helps you in building confidence to try out this bokashi method :)
you need to heat the water to 120 before adding to the EM then let it sit for 5-7 days till it has a ph2.8-3.4
Great input for sterilizing the water☺️
Seems easier to compost for similar results?
Compost takes a lot longer to make.
Which means for the same length of time you also need more space to do it because you wont process the food scraps fast enough.
Its a double whammy, most renters cant have 3 full size compost bins running to rotate through or we get complaints from the landlord.
And Im just talking about myself as a 2 person household because we eat so many bananas and potatoes 😂
I cant get process my scraps fast enough, I used to have 3 compost bins before I got told off so now I have a worm farm, and then the rest of my scraps goes in the bin 😢
I want to do bokashi to increase how much scraps I can process in that worm farm
Will skim milk powder work?
No, you need the full cream variety.
I wonder if I could grind rice with water instead of just washing the rice
That would definitely work too. I just choose to save my rice water from my usual meal prep routine because I find it more convenient ;)
7:15 ive heard u cant store that "tea". should be used right after it soaked from waste.
The tea actually worked for me after a few months of storing. I guess the nutrient is okay to be stored, like enzyme :)
どうも ありがとう ございます！
can the remaining whey be stored and reused?
Yes it can be stored in the refrigerator for a few months
I was wondering that too since it such a huge batch
Can I make this in a plastic bottle? I dont have a glass bottle that big?
Sure, it will not be a problem!
Just make sure to allow some air circulation to prevent high gas pressure develop in the bottle, it could cause bursting if left untended and tightly screwed
@@Sydneytay oh thank god you have solved my problem. So do i need to open up daily for 1-2 mins?
@@naturallyfatima5205 Yes🥳🥳
@@SydneytayThank you sooooo much. I loved your video. Will keep you updated. Are you on insta?
@@Sydneytay Hi Sydney, so i made the EM. It came out fine. But now I see a layer white film on them. Is it fine? They smell like banana. Temperature here is too hot, I mean its 43 degree centigrade here and I kept them under my kitchen cabnet. So are they still good? Or do I need to do some thing about it? Or any thing i should be careful of?
Anybody, how much of the rice water was used. She does not answer.
Many ppl already said but i still want to do it too.^^ Thanks a lot for sharing this!! I just started my Bokashi but the bran in my place is way too expensive. So i am looking for other ways and found your video!!
Just one small question: If not using to make cheese, which ways you used that curd, left from fermented milk? Can we put in Bokashi bin?
Also, have you experiment to replace Molasses by brown sugar? Coz Molasses also very expensive at my place too T_T. I have googled and it said 1 cup molasses -> 3/4 cup packed brown sugar. Do you think it's good ratio?
Thank you^^
I just use the spray bottle (like the video) and it's worked fine for the 2 + years I've been doing it
That's just like a kinda LAB Or lactos serum
Yes, that's right :)
100 mL.whay 100 ml.Sugarsyrop . 1800 ml water. Why clean container you only stirred those?
Hi! It's just a way I do it because I feel like it will dissolve much faster if i stir it before mixing with more water.
I use a clean container because I want to make sure no bad bacteria is affecting the result
@@Sydneytay thank you 😍
Feed the left over curd to chickens or other animals
Great idea!! Will save it for the animals on future batches ;)
Can one not dilute it and use it as fertilizer for plants?
@@hiddysonday435 yeah you could too I guess
Its weird to make bacteria, so your bokashi grows mold.
A handful of soil, old or new, has the benificial fungus.
The writing is sooooo small
Will work on the captions on future videos, thanks for letting me know!
Wasting edible food . All fermented milk can be used for EM and the separated milk is cheese
Thanks for the info because I have no idea about this 😂 Definitely will save the milk cheese on the next batch
This is a totally ridiculous video. It has been proven not to work over and over and can actually be dangerous. Proceed with caution.
Powdered skimmed milk should work fine right? I sorta did this years ago and I remember you end up throwing away the fat anyway.
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