Ingredients for making sourdough starter
Before you can make good sourdough bread you need a healthy culture of sourdough starter. Sourdough starter is basically a culture of wild yeast that you train.

The three things you need to make your starter are; flour (I will be using blended flour consisting of both white and wholewheat flour, but you can use white flour), water, and a container for your starter.

putting flour in the jar for making starter
In my container, I put about a half cup of warm water and began adding my blended flour.

It’s important that your container is clean and dry before you begin because you are growing wild yeast which is a bacteria. If your starter is contaminated, it will start growing mould and your starter will be no good.

sourdough starter after mixing
Add flour and mix until the starter is the consistency of thick pancake batter.
two sour doughstarters. one is a whole wheat flour and white flour mix and the other is just white flour.
When the starter is the right consistency, cover the top — though I am using a lid (resting on top, not sealed) you can use a kitchen towel — and put it somewhere in the shade.

At this point, the wild yeast culture needs to grow. If successful, this starter should bubble and double in size somewhere between 2 to 3 days from now. I will check back with you then and let you know how it is doing. There is always the possibility the starter has become contaminated as well…time will tell and I will bring you along for the process 🙂