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Homemade Paneer

homemade paneer is so easy to make from the store bought commercial paneers. We prepare paneer by curdling full fat milk.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Cooking Basics
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 200 gms
Calories:

Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml

Ingredients

  • 1 litre Full Fat Milk
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 tbsp Water

Instructions 

  • In a Saucepan take fullfat and allow it to boil. In a bowl squeeze Lemon juice and add in water.
  • When the milk is about to boil add in the extracted lemon juice and water mixture in it. Slowly the milk will start to curdle wait until the milk is fully curdled.If required add some more lemon juice.
  • In a large vessel line a muslin cloth and place a strainer. Pour in the curdled milk and strain it. Take the collected chenna from the curdled milk squeeze it really well to remove the excess water. Hang the cloth along with the squeezed chenna in a tap and let it rest for about half an hour.
  • After half an hour take the chenna into a plate and mix well with hands for about 7-10 mins. Mix it until it becomes soft. Then take mixed chenna in a bowl and press it really well and shape like a block with 1 inch thickness. Refrigerate it for about an hour so that it can set. After one hour inverted the bowl so that the chenna would get set and it comes out clean. Chop it into cubes. Fresh homemade Paneer is now ready to use.

Notes

  • You can also add in Lemon juice without mixing it with water. However I feel that the sourness of the lemon still remains in the paneer.so I diluted with water.
  • You can also use ½ cup of curd to curdle the milk.
  • Always use full fat cream milk. Never use skimmed milk.
Keyword indian cheese, paneer cheese
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