Homemade Paneer
- 1/2 gallons Milk
- 3- 1/2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
- Ice
- Cheese Cloth
- Boil milk in a thick-bottomed pan.
- Stir it from time to time to keep it from sticking to the bottom.
- Once the milk is boiling, turn off the heat and add lemon juice while stirring continuously.
- It will take just a few seconds for the milk to curdle and thats exactly the time you have to stop the cooking process, so add ice to the pot.
- Let it sit for about a minute and then strain it through strainer lined with cheese cloth.
- Once again wash the collected cheese with cold tap water (this helps wash that extra lemony flavor).
- Gather together all the sides of the cheese cloth and tie them together.
- Hang it somewhere to let the extra liquid drip off (place an empty bowl below it for the liquid to collect).
- Once the liquid (or whey) stops dripping, take out the cheese and make a big ball of it.
- Wrap again with the cheese cloth.
- To press the cheese and give it a shape, place it over a chopping board and put a heavy pan or pot over it.
- (I usually use my wrought iron pan and to add more weight I put a few cans of beans on top of it).
- Let it sit for an hour or so.
- In an hour youll have your homemade paneer.
milk, lemon juice, cheese cloth
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/homemade-ingredients/homemade-paneer/ (may not work)