Easy Homemade Paneer

Paneer is also known as cottage cheese.This can be used for many recipes and in many cuisines.Please follow the below steps to make your Easy Homemade Paneer anytime at your home.

Ingredients

• 1L full-fat milk
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 cotton cloth/muslin cloth
• heavy weight

Instructions

Bring milk to boil.Add lemon juice and gently stir the milk.Immediately you can see the entire milk begins to curdle, switch off the flame.Allow it to settle for few minutes.Pour it in a thin cheese cloth/muslin cloth.Rinse it under running water to remove the smell of the lemon juice.

Drain the water completely as shown in the above image.Than tie it tightly and hang it for few hours.As shown in below image.

After the above step, take it down and put it under some weight so that it will remove the extra water from it .Let it sit for a hour and than take it out from the cloth and you can cut it into a small pieces.

Easy Homemade Paneer

Paneer is also known as cottage cheese.This can be used for many recipes and in many cuisines.Please follow the below steps to make your Easy Homemade Paneer anytime at your home.

• 1L <a href="https://milklife.com/articles/nutrition/types-of-dairy-milk&quot; target="_blank">full-fat milk</a><br />
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 cotton cloth/<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Regency-Natural-Cheesecloth-Straining-Kombucha/dp/B001B14ODG?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2&quot; target="_blank">muslin cloth</a><br />
• heavy weight

1. Bring milk to boil.Add lemon juice and gently stir the milk.Immediately you can see the entire milk begins to curdle, switch off the flame.

   Allow it to settle for few minutes.Pour it in a thin cheese cloth/muslin cloth.Rinse it under running water to remove the smell of the lemon juice.

   Drain the water completely as shown in the above image.Than tie it tightly and hang it for few hours.As shown in below image.

   After the above step, take it down and put it under some weight so that it will remove the extra water from it .Let it sit for a hour and than take it out from the cloth and you can cut it into a small pieces.
   
   

Paneer Pakora

 

 

Pakora are popular across Pakistan, where they generally resemble those found in India. They are sometimes served in a yogurt based curry (salan), as a main dish, pakora kari, rather than as separate snacks. In this case the pakora are generally doughier and are made of chopped potato, onion and chili mixed into the batter, instead of individual fried vegetable slices.

Pakora are also encountered in Afghan cuisine. In china they are called pakoda.

 

 

 

Preparation Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 30 min

Total Time: 1 hr

Recipe type: Snacks/Appetizers

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 4-5

Yield:10-15 paneer pakora

 

Ingredients

·       14-16 slices of paneer(Cottage cheese)

·         2 tbsp yogurt

·         4 tbsp corn starch 

·         1 tsp ginger paste

·         1 green chili minced

·         1/2 tsp salt

·         1 tbsp cilantro finely chopped (coriander leaves)

 

For Batter

 

·         1/2 cup besan, gram flour

·         1/2 tsp cumin seeds

·         1/2 tsp salt adjust to taste

·         Pinch of baking soda

·         Approx. 1/4 cup water

 

 

Instructions

 

1.    First marinate the paneer- in a mixing bowl add yogurt, corn starch, salt, ginger, green chili and cilantro and mix it well. This should be consistency of soft paste. Add paneer pieces and mix gently. All the pieces should be coated with yogurt mix. Set aside for an hour or more.

 

 

2.    For batter mix besan, cumin seeds, salt and baking soda add water slowly to make a thick batter consistency of a paste.

3.    Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium high heat. Frying pan should have about 1 inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put one drop of batter in the oil. The batter should come up but not change color.

4.    Dip the marinated paneer slices in the batter one at a time and slowly drop into the frying pan.

5.    Fry the Pakoras in small batches. The pakoras will take about 4 to 5 minutes to cook.

6.    Turn them occasionally. Fry the Pakoras until both sides are golden-brown.

7.    Repeat this process. The crispy, delicious Paneer Pakoras are ready to serve.

8.    Serve with chutney. Enjoy crispy paneer pakora 🙂

 

 

Paneer Pakora

Pakora are popular across Pakistan, where they generally resemble those found in India. They are sometimes served in a yogurt based curry (salan), as a main dish, pakora kari, rather than as separate snacks. In this case the pakora are generally doughier and are made of chopped potato, onion and chili mixed into the batter, instead of individual fried vegetable slices.Pakora are also encountered in Afghan cuisine. In china they are called pakoda.

14-16 slices of paneer(Cottage cheese)<br /><br />·         2 tbsp yogurt<br /><br />·         4 tbsp corn starch<br /><br />·         1 tsp ginger paste<br /><br />·         1 green chili minced<br /><br />·         1/2 tsp salt<br /><br />·         1 tbsp cilantro finely chopped (coriander leaves)<br /><br />

  For Batter<br /><br />·         1/2 cup besan, gram flour<br />·         1/2 tsp cumin seeds<br />·         1/2 tsp salt adjust to taste<br />·         Pinch of baking soda<br />·         Approx. 1/4 cup water<br /><br />

1.  First marinate the paneer- in a mixing bowl add yogurt, corn starch, salt, ginger, green chili and cilantro and mix it well. This should be consistency of soft paste. Add paneer pieces and mix gently. All the pieces should be coated with yogurt mix. Set aside for an hour or more.

     For batter -mix besan, cumin seeds, salt and baking soda add water slowly to make a thick batter consistency of a paste.  Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium high heat. Frying pan should have about 1 inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put one drop of batter in the oil. The batter should come up but not change color.Dip the marinated paneer slices in the batter one at a time and slowly drop into the frying pan.Fry the Pakoras in small batches. The pakoras will take about 4 to 5 minutes to cook.Turn them occasionally. Fry the Pakoras until both sides are golden-brown.Repeat this process. The crispy, delicious Paneer Pakoras are ready to serve.Serve with chutney. Enjoy crispy paneer pakora 🙂