{"id":41743,"date":"2016-07-26T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theindianspot.com\/?p=41743"},"modified":"2016-07-27T05:14:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T05:14:58","slug":"homemade-paneer-how-to-make-cottage-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theindianspot.com\/homemade-paneer-how-to-make-cottage-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Paneer: How to make Cottage Cheese or Paneer easily at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello girls! Today I am going to share the very easy process of making cottage cheese or paneer at home. Homemade things are not only healthy, they are hygienic and fresh too. Cottage cheese or paneer is a very important ingredient in vegetarian dishes and does wonder to enhance the taste of any vegetarian dish! So let\u2019s see how we can make our homemade cottage cheese with just 3 ingredients!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theindianspot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/f25.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-41746\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 600 600'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theindianspot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/f25.jpg\" alt=\"How to make Cottage Cheese or Paneer easily at home\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Things you will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Milk (with fat) \u2013 4 cups<\/li>\n<li>Fresh lemon juice \u2013 3-4 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Heavy cream \u2013 1 cup (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theindianspot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/f24.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-41745\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 600 600'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theindianspot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/f24.jpg\" alt=\"How to make Cottage Cheese or Paneer easily at home\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Process:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place a heavy bottom pot on the stove and keep the flame at medium to moderate.<\/li>\n<li>Add 4 cups of fat milk into the pot and keep stirring.<\/li>\n<li>You can add fresh cream to it to add more creaminess but I have skipped it to avoid extra calories.<\/li>\n<li>When the milk comes close to the boiling point, turn the flame at its lowest and add lemon juice to it.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t pour\u00a0in the\u00a0entire\u00a0lemon juice, just add\u00a0in one portion of the\u00a0lemon juice\u00a0at a time\u00a0and keep stirring.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly add inthe rest of the\u00a0lemon juice to it and keep stirring.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat the process until a yellowish\u00a0color of water starts to separate on the top layer of the milk.<\/li>\n<li>The milk should begin to curdle immediately, as soon the milk completely curdles, remove from the heat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theindianspot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/f23.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-41744\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 600 600'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theindianspot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/f23.jpg\" alt=\"How to make Cottage Cheese or Paneer easily at home\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a colander and strain the curds with the help of a cheese cloth.\u00a0Gather the cheesecloth in your hand and gently squeeze to remove the excess whey.<\/li>\n<li>Strain the water properly and paneer should be free from water content<\/li>\n<li>Take a plate and place the cheese cloth containing the cottage cheese on\u00a0it.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap the cloth tightly\u00a0and\u00a0set a second plate on top of the cheese cloth\u00a0and keep a heavy weight on top.<\/li>\n<li>This way, you paneer will be more creamy and free of holes.<\/li>\n<li>Keep it for 2-3 hours, then unwrap the cloth and cut the cottage cheese into pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Your paneer is now\u00a0ready to use. You can use it immediately or refrigerate for up to two days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello girls! Today I am going to share the very easy process of making cottage cheese or paneer at home. Homemade things are not only healthy, they are hygienic and fresh too. Cottage cheese or paneer is a very important ingredient in vegetarian dishes and does wonder to enhance the taste of any vegetarian dish! So let\u2019s see how we can make our homemade cottage cheese with just 3 ingredients! Things you will need: Milk (with fat) \u2013 4 cups [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":41746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7454],"tags":[7844,791,11517,11518,8526],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Homemade Paneer: How to make Cottage Cheese or Paneer easily at home - THE INDIAN SPOT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theindianspot.com\/homemade-paneer-how-to-make-cottage-cheese\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Homemade Paneer: How to make Cottage Cheese or Paneer easily at home - THE INDIAN SPOT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello girls! 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