The milk-bacteria mixture was incubated in a water bath (41 °C) for 12 h and the yogurt formed was stored at 4 °C and used as starter culture within 7 days. Viable bacteria in the starter culture on day 7 of storage ranged 2.0–5.0 × 106 cfu/g and 6.0–10.0 × 108 cfu/g for Lactobacillus spp. and S. thermophilus, respectively.