Paneer is a fresh, unsalted white cheese. It requires no ageing or culturing, and is very easy to make at home. It is very versatile, and an all-time favourite of kids
Take the juice from Lemon and keep it ready separately
When the Milk is well boiled, add the Lemon juice and stir it well
Continue to boil the milk in low flame and stir it
After about 3-5 minutes of adding the lemon juice in the boiled milk and stirring it continuously, the solid curds part from the green and watery whey.
Take a sieve (arippa) and put a piece of thin white cloth on it
When complete solid curds part from the green and watery whey, put off the
stove and change the watery whey and solid curd into the cloth kept on the sieve and allow to cool it.
Press the solid curd/Paneer with a spoon so that the watery whey will be removed from the curd/paneer.
Wrap the solid curd/Paneer with a thin cloth
Keep the wrapped solid curd/Paneer in the sieve
Put some heavy material on top of this cloth to squeeze out the moisture from the solid curd/Paneer
After about half an hour, open the cloth and the pure Paneer will be ready
Cut this Paneer in small pieces (or as required) and it can be used for making various recipes
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SobhaKesavan
Myself, Sobha Kesavan, a retired Accountant in a MNC based in Delhi, where I was staying for 26 years. Afterwards, moved to Bangalore and stayed there for about 4 years and then shifted to my native place ( in Thrissur district), Kerala, along with my husband. My two sons and both daughters-in-law are working out of Kerala as Software Engineers.
I have immense passion for gardening and have been doing it since my stay in Delhi and most of
the ingredients (vegetables) used in my recipes are home grown. I am interested in cooking mostly North Indian and South Indian cuisines. The recipes shared in pachakam.com from my end would definitely tickle your taste buds.
I will be always looking forward for your valuable feedbacks or suggestions as there is always room for improvement.
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