Home made paneer

Everyone in our house loves paneer. And occasionally I make paneer at home when I have excess milk sitting in the fridge. This is really fresh and tastes too good compared to the store bought ones.

This time I had about 11\2 litres of milk and wanted to make paneer with it. Here is how i make home made paneer cubes. Try it and relish in the rich taste.the whey water that you filter can later be used in other dishes or the paneer gravy that you will be making. You can refrigerate the paneer for upto a week or freeze it and use for an even longer time.

Ingredients:

• Milk
• Lemon

Instructions:

• boil the milk and simmer.
• Add few drops of lemon juice and let it curdle.
• Switch off the flame and filter the whey water completely.  
• Add the mass to a clean muslin cloth and squeeze remaining water completely. 
• Tie it in the cloth and place it under some weight or heavy object.
• Leave it to rest overnight.
• Remove the weight,open the cloth and your paneer is ready.
• Cut into desired shapes. Store in a container and keep refrigerated.