How to make Paneer / Cottage Cheese

Paneer is also known as Cottage cheese.Try the easy and simple method to prepare fresh Paneer with milk at home shown below.

Ingredients for Paneer :

1 litre Milk
1 t-spoon lemon juice (or 1 1/2 t-spoon vinegar)

Take a thick bottom pan and boil milk in it. When it's boiling add lemon juice or vinegar while stirring it.
Keep stirring it frequently until milk curdles. Turn off the heat and let it get cool for 3-4 mins.
Now take a neat and clean cotton or muslin cloth and pour the complete paneer mixture on it. Tie it with a tight knot, so that water gets drained out from paneer.
After 30 mins. or so place the tied cloth under a heavy pan for 2 hours so as to drain the remaining liquid and to let the paneer get hard.
Fresh Paneer is ready to use.