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how to make paneer or cottage cheese
Paneer is the most versatile ingredient in our subji and gravy recipes.
Course
basics
Cuisine
north indian
Prep Time
2
hours
hours
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
2
hours
hours
15
minutes
minutes
Servings
250
gms
Author
Priya
Ingredients
Ingredients:
1
ltr
full cream milk
1
tablespoon
lemon juice,fresh
Other
Muslin cloth
strainer
Instructions
Place your muslin cloth on strainer first and keep it aside.
Boil milk in
heavy
bottom pan or nonstick pan for 5 min on high flame.
Add lemon juice and slowly stir for 5 min.
As the mixture will start boiling and you will see that milk solids are separated from water.
Turn off the flame.
Pour the mixture in strainer.
Wash it in running water.
Tie muslin cloth very tightly and put some heavy pan on it.
Allow paneer to set in a muslin cloth for 2 hours.
Use it.
Notes
Use quality milk to get fine malai paneer.
You can store this home-made paneer for 3 days. - to store, soak paneer in fresh water in airtight container and keep it in the refrigerator.