Monday, July 9, 2007

Paneer from scratch

Not being satisfied with the softness of the paneer in the local stores, I decided to be brave and try something that everyone has always told me was very easy but what I believed to be very tough. I decided to make my own paneer. And let me tell you, it is so so so easy!! I can't believe it myself!



First boil some milk - any kind is fine. I first tried with full milk, and then next tried with non-fat and both came out very well. So now I can even have fat-free paneer! So cool!

When the milk is at a full, roaring boil, add a tablespoon of lemon juice. Dont add more than that only because the paneer gets a bit of a lemony taste. If you dont mind that, go ahead. As soon as you add the juice, the milk will curdle and separate. Take it off the heat.




Pour the milk mixture into a sieve lined with a cheese-cloth. The water will run through. Fold the cloth over the remaining milk and place a heavy weight over it (I used a pressure cooker filled with trays over it). Leave it alone for an hour.



After an hour, unwrap and PRESTO! Perfect paneer ready to be cut into any shape you desire!

27 comments:

DEEPA said...

Good to see that you made paneer at home .The cook technique is great .

Arundathi said...

thanks deepa.

USHA said...

Hi Arundathi,

Nice to see your pictures step by step process of home made paneer....got wonderful collections of recipes...Hmm i liked your recovering chennai blog..great..

Arundathi said...

Thanks Usha for stopping by and for your comments... :)

Raaga said...

So, did you make my dish with the paneer or not? If you didn't, let me know... I'll stop talking to you :-))

Arundathi said...

Nope haven't made it yet... :(

Anonymous said...

Hi Arubdathi, i really liked the procedure of making paneer at home, glad i was able to find and go thru ur blog. Will try it very soon, and hope it turns out well.
www.monaafzal.wordpress.com

Arundathi said...

THank you...

TBC said...

Hi Arundathi,
I had no idea that you had a food blog too. I am a regular at Rediscovering Chennai & you do a great job there!

Raaga said...

you've disappeared. hope all's well

Arundathi said...

TBC - I love your blog and the photographs!! Thanks for stopping by!

Raaga - I'm back, dear, after a long and tiring "vacation". Need to recover - will start posting again soon! Hope all's well!

Anonymous said...

Hi,

You have great blog. Would you mind to have a link exchange with me?

Please email me if you are interested.

my email : kamarul[at]hoteltravel[dot]com

I'd like to exchange your link with our company website.

Thanks.

Note: You can delete this comment.

Anonymous said...

Hi there you have a great blog,lovely recipes. Feel free to visit my blog too :)

Jeena xx

click here for food recipes

Raaga said...

I don't know where you are... but I'm still religiously stopping by to say hello

http://chefatwork.blogspot.com/2007/10/paneer-pakoda.html

Swaruchy said...

Nice one dear....when I tried to make paneer...I waited for sometime...say 10 mts for the milk to curdle and then filtered it........Didn't know u can make paneer with non-fat versions as well...Thanks :-)

Anonymous said...

Hi! I was just thinking about paneer right now, so it was a great surprise when I saw this post!

I have a question: can you use milk that is slightly off? I am asking about this because I seem to remember that someone once told me this. I might be wrong, but I wanted to check. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

I accidentally pasted in your blog's address instead of mine... sorry... :)

Anonymous said...

I accidentally pasted in your blog's address instead of mine... sorry... :)

Swati said...

Your post reminded me of my days of struggling to have good n soft paneer where the criteria used to be to have good pieces without having the paneer crumble...You've done a good job.

Anonymous said...

Oi, achei seu blog pelo google está bem interessante gostei desse post. Gostaria de falar sobre o CresceNet. O CresceNet é um provedor de internet discada que remunera seus usuários pelo tempo conectado. Exatamente isso que você leu, estão pagando para você conectar. O provedor paga 20 centavos por hora de conexão discada com ligação local para mais de 2100 cidades do Brasil. O CresceNet tem um acelerador de conexão, que deixa sua conexão até 10 vezes mais rápida. Quem utiliza banda larga pode lucrar também, basta se cadastrar no CresceNet e quando for dormir conectar por discada, é possível pagar a ADSL só com o dinheiro da discada. Nos horários de minuto único o gasto com telefone é mínimo e a remuneração do CresceNet generosa. Se você quiser linkar o Cresce.Net(www.provedorcrescenet.com) no seu blog eu ficaria agradecido, até mais e sucesso. If is possible add the CresceNet(www.provedorcrescenet.com) in your blogroll, I thank. Good bye friend.

Srivalli said...

hi...looks like long time...chennai is missing its glory u know!

btw drop me a line to my email.

Raaga said...

Nilgiris yeast is the best so far... I bring mine from Chennai. :-)

Anonymous said...

Bonjorno, arundathi-foodblog.blogspot.com!
[url=http://viagrareta.pun.pl/ ]Acquistare viagra generico[/url] [url=http://cialisybea.pun.pl/ ]Vendita cialis in Italia[/url] [url=http://athe.pun.pl/ ]Compra [/url] [url=http://viagraradf.pun.pl/ ]Acquisto viagra generico[/url] [url=http://viagraonline.pun.pl ]Vendita viagra in Italia[/url] [url=http://viagracqui.pun.pl/ ]Acquisto viagra in Italia[/url]

Anonymous said...

reverse phone detective -
richard mackenzie direct -
rich garbage man -
rocket chinese -
rocket french -
seize cars -
shop until you drop -
six figure yearly 2009 -
sleep tracks -
spyware nuker -
spyware stop -
sunshine 4u -
the bad breath report -
the cash1234 system -
thedietsolutionprogram -
the diet solution program -
the free car -
the lazy marketer -
tonsil stones remedies -
truth about abs -
truth about diets -
turbulence training -
vincedelmontefitness -
vince del monte fitness -
violin master pro -
warp speed fat loss -
wedding speech 4u -
xp repair pro -
yeast infection no more -
2ip hosting -
10 minute forex wealth builder -
30 minute back links -
500 love making tips -
acid alkaline diet -

Anonymous said...

power 4 home -
profit lance -
public records pro -
quantum mind power -
quit smoking today -
recipe secrets -
reg clean -
regi cleanse -
registry easy -
registry winner -
reg sweep -
reverse mobile -
reverse phone detective -
revolutioniz -
richard markenzie direct -
sale hoo -
simple php -
smtp 2 go -
spyware nuker -
surveys 4 checks -
tax liens made easy -
the bad breath report -
thedietsolutionprogram -
the diet solution program -
the handcrafters companion -
the retired millionaire -
the super mind evolution system -
truth about abs -
truth about diets -
turbulence training -
ultimate content creator -
video piggy -
vincedelmontefitness -

Anonymous said...

maternityacupressure -
maternity acupressure -
max pro system -
meet your sweet -
membership gold rush -
minute sites -
musclegainingsecrets -
muscle gaining secrets -
negative calorie diet -
one minute cure -
one week marketing -
pc on point -
pc tv 4 me -
perfect optimizer -
php link cloaker -
pick the gender of your baby -
profit lance -
public records pro -
quit smoking today -
recipe secrets -
reg clean -
regi cleanse -
registry easy -
registry winner -
reg sweep -
reverse mobile -
reverse phone detective -
richard mackenzie direct -
rocket piano -
rocket spanish -
satellite tv to pc -
smtp 2 go -
spam bully -
spyware nuker -

Unknown said...

Nice blog with having a panir picture. Thanks for sharing this post.deal chennai