Paneer is a fresh Indian cheese. It is very easy recipe to make at home, prepared by curdling a milk. To curdle the milk, we can use lemon juice, curd or vinegar. If we are using lemon juice to curdle the milk for making paneer, then we have to wash the paneer properly, to remove the sourness of lemon from it.
Most of the time, homemade paneer cubes melt while cooking in gravy. Here, I am sharing a perfect paneer cube recipe that will not melt in gravy.
We can prepare several dishes from paneer like Quick Paneer Bhurji Recipe, Paneer Paratha Recipe, Easy Paneer Potato Balls, Restaurant Style Paneer Butter Masala Recipe, Matar Paneer Recipe and Easy Palak Paneer Recipe.
Homemade Perfect Paneer Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cup full-fat milk
- 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour or cornstarch
Instructions
- Pour the milk into a pot. Here, I am using a half-liter and 1 cup of milk, which is around 4 large cups.
- Bring the milk to boil, then turn flame to low and slowly add the lemon juice to it by stirring it.
- Paneer starts to separate from the whey. If it takes too much time, then add more lemon juice to it and keep stirring until curdling is complete.
- Now, take a large bowl. Put a strainer and cotton cloth on it. Pour the curdled milk on it.
- Drain all the whey. Then add cold water to wash the paneer. Wash it 2-3 times to remove the sourness of lemon from it.
- Gather the edges of the cloth and squeeze the excess water from it.
- Keep the weight on it and let it drain the excess water for 20-30 minutes.
- Now, transfer the paneer to a bowl, we can use these paneer if we need crumbled paneer to make the recipes.
- To make the perfect paneer cubes, add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch or all-purpose flour to it.
- Mix it well with the help of fingers. And give it a rectangular shape.
- Cut it into pieces and our homemade panner is ready. We can use it in any curry.
How To Make Paneer At Home:
1. Pour the milk into a pot. Here, I am using a half-liter and 1 cup of milk, which is around 4 large cups.
2. Bring the milk to boil, then turn flame to low and slowly add the lemon juice to it by stirring it.
3. Paneer starts to separate from the whey. If it takes too much time, then add more lemon juice to it and keep stirring until curdling is complete.
4. Now, take a large bowl. Put a strainer and cotton cloth on it. Pour the curdled milk on it.
5. Drain all the whey. Then add cold water to wash the paneer. Wash it 2-3 times to remove the sourness of lemon from it.
6. Gather the edges of the cloth and squeeze the excess water from it.
7. Keep the weight on it and let it drain the excess water for 20-30 minutes.
8. Now, transfer the paneer to a bowl, we can use these paneer if we need crumbled paneer to make the recipes.
9. To make the perfect paneer cubes, add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch or all-purpose flour to it.
10. Mix it well with the help of fingers. And give it a rectangular shape.
11. Cut it into pieces and our homemade panner is ready. We can use it in any curry.
