Homemade Paneer Recipe

step 1

• STEP 1.Pour 3 litres of milk into a large cooking pot and bring to a boil.

step 2

• STEP 1.When it begins to boil add the juice of 3 large lemons or 4 small lemons or 4 tbsp of lemon juice.

step 3

• STEP 1.Switch off the heat and stir the milk. Allow it to split and curdle.

step 4

• STEP 1.The whey will separate from the milk solids or ‘chena’. This chena becomes the paneer.

step 5

• STEP 1.Allow the chena to rest in the whey for upto 10 to 15 minutes.

step 6

• STEP 1.Then strain it through a muslin cloth spread over a strainer to separate the whey from the paneer.

step 7

• STEP 1.Shake the cloth to drain all the water. Use a spoon to fold in the chena and extract all the whey.

step 8

• STEP 1.Do this while the chena is warm and not cooled down.

step 9

• STEP 1.Bring the corners of the cloth together and squeeze the chena.

step 10

• STEP 1.Fold the cloth over the chena to make it into a square shape and place it on a plate. Put a weight on top of the chena to press it down.

step 11

• STEP 1.After about two hours the paneer will be well set and firm.