Paneer is readily available in Indian grocery stores.
Making paneer at home is easy and gives you the choice of using semi - skimmed milk.
Also, its much cheaper to make your own Paneer than buy off the shelf.
Ingredients:
Milk ( whole,semi-skimmed or skimmed) - 1 litre
white vinegar / lemon juice - or yoghurt 3 tbsps
Process:
In a large pot, bring the milk to a boil while stirring occasionally so it doesn't get stuck to the bottom of the pan.
When it boils, lower the heat to a minimum and add vinegar or lemon juice little by little , stirring simultaneously until milk just curdles.
Switch off the heat.
Pour into a colander lined with a kitchen towel or a muslin cloth or just any clean cotton cloth.
Wash the fresh paneer with cold water to remove residues of the vinegar or lemon.
Even out the paneer in the cloth and place weight on it (I usually use the pot I used to boil the milk filled with water)
After 15 minutes or longer , you can cut the paneer in to cubes while still in the cloth and then gently remove the pieces and place in box or on a plate.
This fresh paneer can be used to make matar-paneer, paalak-paneer,kofta , paneer parathas ,rasgullas,sandesh etc.
Making paneer at home is easy and gives you the choice of using semi - skimmed milk.
Also, its much cheaper to make your own Paneer than buy off the shelf.
Ingredients:
Milk ( whole,semi-skimmed or skimmed) - 1 litre
white vinegar / lemon juice - or yoghurt 3 tbsps
Process:
In a large pot, bring the milk to a boil while stirring occasionally so it doesn't get stuck to the bottom of the pan.
When it boils, lower the heat to a minimum and add vinegar or lemon juice little by little , stirring simultaneously until milk just curdles.
Switch off the heat.
Pour into a colander lined with a kitchen towel or a muslin cloth or just any clean cotton cloth.
Wash the fresh paneer with cold water to remove residues of the vinegar or lemon.
Even out the paneer in the cloth and place weight on it (I usually use the pot I used to boil the milk filled with water)
After 15 minutes or longer , you can cut the paneer in to cubes while still in the cloth and then gently remove the pieces and place in box or on a plate.
This fresh paneer can be used to make matar-paneer, paalak-paneer,kofta , paneer parathas ,rasgullas,sandesh etc.
Thank you for this recipe. Can you tell me if it can be frozen. Im going to make skimmed milk versoon
ReplyDeleteIt can be frozen. I would suggest to already cut into cubes and then freeze so that when you want to use it later, it will keep it's shape.
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