Homemade paneer

Ingredients

• 1 litre milk
• 11/2 tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice

Steps

1. Add milk to a heavy bottom pan on medium heat. Let the milk come to a boil, stir often so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
2. Once the milk has come to a boil, turn off the heat and start adding vinegar (or lemon juice), little at a time. At one point, the milk will curdle and you will see the whey separate. At that point, stop adding the curdling agent and wait for 5 minutes so that the milk curdles completely.
3. Drain the curdled milk into a muslin cloth. Rinse the paneer with cold water so that the final paneer doesn’t have any taste of vinegar. Bring the ends of muslin cloth together and squeeze as much water as you can.
4. Then flatten the paneer (wrapped inside the muslin cloth) and place it on a flat surface. Then place a heavy object on top for it to set. I placed a plate and then placed mortar & pestle on top. Leave it undisturbed for 1 to 2 hours.
5. Once the paneer is set, remove it carefully from the muslin cloth and cut into cubes. Use paneer in any of your favorite recipes.
6. Now ready…