Friday 26 December 2014

Making your own Paneer

A home made Paneer beats the ready made Paneer anytime. It is very simple to make and tastes much better than the store bought one. Its soft and Fresh. Here is what you need to make some Paneer
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups (500 ml) full fat milk, makes about 60-70 grams Paneer.
1 tsp Lemon juice
 

Making Paneer: 
  1. Take a big pot and heat up the Milk.
  2. When the milk starts boiling, turn off the heat.
  3. Add the lemon juice and stir.
  4. The Milk will curdle quickly.
  5. Strain the curdled milk using a muslin cloth and let it cool until you can handle it.
  6. Pull all the ends of the muslin cloth together and twist in a ball.4Squeeze all the water out as much as you can. At this stage you have made paneer, all it needs is resting for 30 mins. However if you need firmer paneer to go in panner bhurji or Palak Paneer:
  7. Keep the muslin cloth with the Paneer in a colander and put a some weight on it.
  8. Leave it standing like that for 30 mins.
  9. Voila! you have nice soft freshly made paneer. 
  10. Cut the Paneer in even cubes and you can use this in Saag Panner, Panner dishes or Paneer Paratha.

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