Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, paneer / cottage cheese (પનીર રેસિપી ઈન ઈગ્લીશ). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

A special favorite with north Indians, paneer (cottage cheese), with its delicate milky flavor, is used all over India to make delicious dishes. I have never made any type of cheese at home before but there is a distinct difference between homemade versus store bought.it's incredible! In India, cottage cheese is the perfect alternative for vegetarians!

Paneer / cottage cheese (પનીર રેસિપી ઈન ઈગ્લીશ) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Paneer / cottage cheese (પનીર રેસિપી ઈન ઈગ્લીશ) is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have paneer / cottage cheese (પનીર રેસિપી ઈન ઈગ્લીશ) using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Paneer / cottage cheese (પનીર રેસિપી ઈન ઈગ્લીશ):

1. Take Ingredients
2. Prepare 4 litres full cream milk
3. Make ready 1 tsp citric acid (limbu na ful)
4. Make ready Other items required
5. Take 1 colander
6. Make ready 1 big lid with holes
7. Get 1 bit lid without holes
8. Get Weight mass (I use a 20 kg mass)
9. Prepare Muslin cloth (I use a cotton white dupatta)

Tie it tightly and keep heavy weight on top it. Paneer(cottage cheese) is the most widely used fresh cheese in Indian recipes. It is very versatile and is used in making tikka, curry, salad, and sweets. Grated paneer can be sprinkled on the dosa, pizza, pasta, or rice.

Steps to make Paneer / cottage cheese (પનીર રેસિપી ઈન ઈગ્લીશ):

1. Make citric acid solution by adding 5-6 tbsp water to it and diluting thoroughly. You can also use vinegar instead of citric acid solution. Both are good curdling agents. Boil milk till it rises. Start adding the the curdling agent a little at a time.
2. Stir the milk for a minute everytime you add the curdling agent. Every time it is added, you'll notice that the milk gets curdled further. Continue to add it a little at a time till you get big lumps of paneer with greenish water as in picture 3. (Tip: Most people mistakenly consider picture 2 as paneer and that's how they end up with a disaster)
3. Place a colander on a pot. Cover the colander with a muslin cloth. Pour curdled milk into it.
4. Once all the green water is drained out from it, add cold water into paneer it and wash it to get rid of the sourness from the curdling agent. Collect all the edges of the cloth together and squeeze out water as much as possible. Hang it on the tap for about half an hour so that the extra water drops out and paneer starts to form together.
6. Place the lid with holes upside down near the water way. Place the paneer with cloth on it and shape paneer by pressing on the top and sides to get the desired thickness and shape. You can clearly see in the pic how my paneer has been given a shape along with the cloth.
7. Fold the extra cloth neatly around paneer at the marks seen. There must be no lump of cloth on any side. Place the lid without holes on it.
8. Put the weight on it ensuring stability. Leave it so for atleast an hour and a half and not longer than 2 hours. Remove weight ans unwrap the cloth. You'll see firm paneer. (Tip: heavy weight helps to squeeze out extra water from paneer very well. The heavier the weight, the lesser the time to prepare paneer. I have had most paneer disasters due to the ratio of weight and time)
9. Cut paneer into desired size and shape with a sharp knife. You may trim the sides of paneer if you are not happy with it. This paneer can also be crumbled for the dishes like paneer bhurji or stuffed paneer kulcha. Use it fresh for the best taste. You may also freeze it in a regular container. Frozen paneer should be kept in warm water for 15-20 minutes before use.
10. In most Punjabi sabzi, paneer can be added without frying. But if you want to add fry it, stir fry it in a pan all around just until it changes colour slightly. If you wait till it gets brownish, you may end up having chewy paneer. If you are not using paneer straight after frying, it is advisable to rest it in warm water to avoid it from getting chewy.
11. Is your paneer too crumbly to shape it together? Reasons for dry and crumbly paneer : 1. Too much curdling agent. 2. Kept under weight for longer.
12. Paneer breaks after adding in sabzi ? Is the paneer not firm enough? Does it break as you cut or lift it in your hands ? The reasons are..1. it didn't curdle well enough. 2. It did not rest under the weight for longer enough.3. the weight wasn't heavy enough to squeeze out water from paneer.

Paneer is a fresh cheese made by curdling heated milk with any acids such as lemon. The cottage cheese as we know it in the West, I dare to say, has slightly different taste and consistency as opposed to paneer. Cottage cheese is a fresh cheese curd product with a mild flavor. It is also known as curds and whey. It is made by draining the cheese.

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