Homemade Paneer Recipe | How to make paneer at home
Homemade Paneer Recipe | How to make paneer at home is one of the easiest recipes that you would make at home with just 2 ingredients. All you need is curd/yogurt and milk.
Servings 210 Grams Paneer
Ingredients
- 1 litre Milk preferably full cream
- 1/2 Cup Curd
- 3/4 Cup Water to dilute the curd
Instructions
Boil milk
- To make paneer we will first boil milk. If it's already boiled then just bring it to boil once again. Now turn the heat to lowest.
Curdle milk
- After that take required amount of curds in a boil. Dilute it with water. Add this to boiled milk and continuously stir the milk with spatula.
- Once you see the whey starts to separate turn off the heat. Let it sit covered for a while.
Strain the liquid
- When using Paneer maker, place a big bowl under that. Transfer the prepared paneer with whey water into it.
- Let it strain completely.
Cut the paneer
- Press the top with lid. Keep this for an hour.
Set the paneer
- Let it allow to sit for an hour and then cut and use as desired.
Traditional method using cloth and colander
- With the help of colander lined with muslin cloth, let the whey get drained and let the paneer sit in the cloth for some time. Press it down with some heavy object or vessel to get a good shape.
- Let it allow to sit for an hour and then cut and use as desired.
Notes
1. Preferably use full fat milk to make softest paneer.
2. You may use lime juice /vinegar diluted in water to curdles the milk replacing curd.
3. Once the milk has curdled, immediately turn off the flame. Otherwise it may result in hard paneer.
4. Do not discard the whey i.e. the drained water; to knead the chapati/paratha dough or for making curries.