Paneer

As paneer is not readily available in Cape Town I am adding this recipe to make plain paneer.

Ingredients:

1. 3 litres full cream milk
2. Juice of 3 lemons or enough to curdle the milk

Method:

• Boil milk in a heavy bottomed vessel or otherwise milk fat will burn at the bottom and give a burnt taste to the paneer. Please stir the milk a few times, until it boils.
• Slowly add the lime juice to the boiling milk and stir. When the milk curdles, strain it through a thin cloth.
• Wash the paneer in fresh water and let all the water drain out. Tie the cloth and place it on a plate or rolling board. Put a heavy weight on it and keep it for 2 hours to make it into a slab.