Tuesday 27 February 2018

Making Indian Paneer Cheese

I have guests over in a couple of weeks and the theme of the dinner is Indian cuisine.


Paneer cheese is needed in some dishes, but there is no chance to buy any here. We do not have Indian food or spice shops. I checked the large Asian supermarket in town, but no chance. I even had problems to find Ghee there.

Making cheese is one of my hobbies, so I checked different recipes on line and made a small cheese from 1 liter of milk to check the outcome.

And voila, it worked!

recipe for a small cheese of about 120 g:
1 liter 3,8 % fat milk - I used raw milk
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp white vinegar

You will need a high pot and a spatula to prevent the milk from burning, because you have to stir the whole time.
Bring the milk up to 90 C  and while you stir constantly pour slowly the mix of juice and vinegar into the milk and cook for one more minute, add the salt.

Use a cheese cloth and a fine mash sieve and a bowl and pour the hot liquid in. The curds will set and you press out the rest of the liquid with the cloth.
Get the cheese curds into a container with some holes and put something on top to press it down. Put it in the fridge for 24 hrs to set.








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