Home Made Paneer

"Paneer" is used in many gravies, pulav , parathas as well as sweets.Now here is the simple recipe for Home Made Paneer
Use "Full Cream Milk" for "Kids" and "Skimmed Milk" for "Weight Watchers"
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Ingredients

• Skimmed / Full cream Milk - 500 ml
• Curd - 1/4 cup
• Strainer
• Cheese cloth
• Weight

Method

• Boil milk in a sauce pan / vessel in a medium flame
• When it starts boiling add curd little by little and stir it

• Milk will start curdling soon

• Keep on stirring it, the whey water will start separating

• Once the whey water completely separates switch off the stove

• Place the cheese cloth over the strainer and pour the curdled milk over it

• Collect the whey water.Do not discard it.It is highly nutritive.You can refrigerate it and use in gravies, soups, pulav preparation and also while kneading roti dough

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• Bring the edges of the cheese cloth together, tie it together using a knot.Hang it up for 3 hours.Place a small cup underneath it so that the remaining whey water drips in it

• Now place it on a tawa and keep a weight over it.Leave for 1 hour like this

• The paneer would have set by now

Paneer is ready.You can store it under water in a steel container and refrigerate it upto 3 days.Change water daily