Paneer is a fresh Indian curd cheese. It’s a great ingredient for curry or it can be cooked at high heat in a tandoor, under a grill or on the barbeque.
It does sound a bit daunting making your own cheese, but it’s really quite straightforward.
I made mine plain but you can flavour the cheese with whole spices as you make it, so there is lots of scope for me to experiment in future with this one!
Have you ever tried to make your own cheese or maybe this is something you would like to try? Did you try something different this weekend?
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Michael, where were you when I needed you???
As you know I adopted a Vegan Lifestyle years back.. BUT I was a vegetarian for many years before.. so that was a great time to meet you and learn this great recipe to make wonderful and yummy Paneer.. I eat them before from places I went to eat… but I know making your own with all your own favourite spices would have been amazing.. Ho well.. I just have to take your word for it and I know you are great for this and trust it come delicious.. 🙂
I have an Indian friend who we sometime prepare different dishes together, her self is vegan but her family is vegetarian so she tend to use her creativity.. perhaps this will be a great addition so I will share it with her.
Thanks of sharing great recipes Michael.
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Thanks Nick, shame you and your friend can’t eat it as it’s so delicious and creamy in any kind of curry. Maybe you should try the spring rolls from my last weekend food workout…totally veggie/vegan and totally delicious 🙂
Hi Michael,
The sound “Paneer” itself sounds so awesome! I was drawn to your post by Paneer because I love anything made of that. But, I would rather like to eat when it’s ready than to make it 🙂
Thanks for the motivation 🙂
-Kumar
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It really is great stuff Kumar, and just having it fried on its own is a treat 🙂
Nice – Always wanted to make my own but just haven’t gotten around to it yet – Would love to see this submitted at FoodFotoGallery.com so I can share with all my foodie friends 🙂
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Thanks CJ I will look at the site 🙂
That looks really good, I was craving for some indian food last week but it was too cold to go outside so I just made something else from what I can find at home. I didn’t know that curry can be made with this cheese. I make chicken curry with coconut milk and curry powder. I would love to see how this cheese is made.
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Cherrie, I may do a video to show the process as it’s so good not to share 🙂 You can pretty much curry anything, try some different recipes and styles. I will be doing quite a few Indian recipes this year so keep watching 🙂
Hi Michael,
that seems really easy to make.
Do you need to boil or simmer the milk for a while before straining?
Can you use the ‘whey’?
Thank you for sharing this!
Bon Appetite!
Yorinda
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My pleasure Yorinda, Take it to near boiling and your ready 😉 I didn’t use the whey, I will have to look into how it can be used. Shame to waste anything.