- submitted by Dahlia on 07-26-2008
Paneer is the Indian cheese made by curdling hot and boiling milk with lemon juice. Once the milk is curdled, the curds is seperated from the whey using a muslin cloth. It is then pressed and cut into cubes and used in many many exotic indian dishes. Paneer is very rich and delicious which can be used to make many gravies. Making paneer at home is unbeleivably very simple. All that is needed is milk, lemon and a nice piece of cloth. Here comes the recipe for a simple home made paneer.
Ingredients
Milk - 1 litreLime - 1 JavaScript must be enabled to view images. Method1. Bring the milk to a boil and then reduce the heat to simmer. 2. Add the juice of one fresh lime into the milk.3. Keep stirring as the milk curdles and seperates into curds called paneer and a thin liquid called whey. 4. Place a thin white cloth(or muslin cloth) over another vessel and pour this mixture through it to filter out the paneer. 5. Now tie and hang the cloth with the paneer inside so that all the whey drains off (for 10-20 min).6. Place the paneer on a flat surface and place a heavy object(jug of water/box) on top so as to flatten it out. 7. Let it stay this way for atleast half an hour or 1 hour.8. Next open cloth and cut paneer into cubes.Tips - The whey is rich in nutrients and can be added to any gravies. CommentsComment by kavita goyal on 14 April 2009 04:08AM hey how can we make paneer in US?? which milk shud we use..and does paneer come out well in quantity?? Reply :- Hi Kavita,You could make paneer with any regular milk available in the US - whole milk or 2 %. Half a gallon of milk produces around a 10 oz block of paneer. (approximate size). The taste of fresh home made paneer is just uncomparable with the store bought ones.Paneer Question! - by Jibbie on 27 July 2008 03:50AM Hey Dahlia! Jibbie here. Did you know that in America, we CANNOT use the metric system? Instead of using liters (litres), we must use gallons. The more, the merrier! Reply :- haha.... i am an indian.... living in the US.... so i use both the metric system.....
Method1. Bring the milk to a boil and then reduce the heat to simmer. 2. Add the juice of one fresh lime into the milk.3. Keep stirring as the milk curdles and seperates into curds called paneer and a thin liquid called whey. 4. Place a thin white cloth(or muslin cloth) over another vessel and pour this mixture through it to filter out the paneer. 5. Now tie and hang the cloth with the paneer inside so that all the whey drains off (for 10-20 min).6. Place the paneer on a flat surface and place a heavy object(jug of water/box) on top so as to flatten it out. 7. Let it stay this way for atleast half an hour or 1 hour.8. Next open cloth and cut paneer into cubes.Tips - The whey is rich in nutrients and can be added to any gravies. CommentsComment by kavita goyal on 14 April 2009 04:08AM hey how can we make paneer in US?? which milk shud we use..and does paneer come out well in quantity?? Reply :- Hi Kavita,You could make paneer with any regular milk available in the US - whole milk or 2 %. Half a gallon of milk produces around a 10 oz block of paneer. (approximate size). The taste of fresh home made paneer is just uncomparable with the store bought ones.
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Comment by kavita goyal on 14 April 2009 04:08AM
hey how can we make paneer in US?? which milk shud we use..and does paneer come out well in quantity??
Reply :- Hi Kavita,You could make paneer with any regular milk available in the US - whole milk or 2 %. Half a gallon of milk produces around a 10 oz block of paneer. (approximate size). The taste of fresh home made paneer is just uncomparable with the store bought ones.
Hi Kavita,You could make paneer with any regular milk available in the US - whole milk or 2 %. Half a gallon of milk produces around a 10 oz block of paneer. (approximate size). The taste of fresh home made paneer is just uncomparable with the store bought ones.
Paneer Question!
- by Jibbie on 27 July 2008 03:50AM
Hey Dahlia! Jibbie here. Did you know that in America, we CANNOT use the metric system? Instead of using liters (litres), we must use gallons. The more, the merrier!
Reply :- haha.... i am an indian.... living in the US.... so i use both the metric system.....
haha.... i am an indian.... living in the US.... so i use both the metric system.....
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