Homemade Paneer

Paneer or cottage cheese is a very popular cheese in India .Paneer is a great  source of protein and used to make many mouthwatering delicacies. Paneer is my fav and I have already shared  many recipes using paneer .Making paneer is very easy you just need two ingredients and you have soft paneer . Homemade paneer is any day better in taste and quality than the ready made ones .

Ingredients

Full fat milk 1 litre

1/4 cup lemon juice 

Method 

Boil milk once it starts to boil reduce the flame

Add the lemon juice 

You will see that the milk begins to curdle and the whey starts to separate.

Switch the flame off.

Take a colander and line it with cheesecloth or muslin cloth

Pour the entire curdled milk.

Pour some water over the curdled milk.

Tie the muslin cloth and hang it  drain all the water.

Once all the water has drained flatten the cloth pressing it with your hands.

Keep a vessel or something heavy on it 

After 30 minutes remove the weight or vessel

Cut into blocks and use as you want .

Notes
Always use best quality milk ,use full fat cream milk for creamy soft paneer .
You can use curd or vinegar as well to curdle the milk.
Once you see the milk starts to curdle switch the flame off if you keep cooking the paneer will turn hard.
But make sure the milk has completely curdled before switching the flame off.
Do not remove the cream layer that comes on the top of the milk .
Use the whey to knead chapati dough .
If you don't want to hang the muslin cloth just tie a tight knot and keep a heavy weight on the paneer once the whey has drained off completely.