DIY fanatic - Paneer (homemade Indian Cheese)

At Lemons and Rinds, I try to keep things as fuss free as possible. Hence, making things from scratch or rather, creating them myself makes it easy for me to work with them. For instance, I used to buy paneer from Indian grocery stores. Each brand had its own varied texture, making it a, experiment for me, everytime I bought it. So, thanks to Youtube and all the freeby channels, I started making my own paneer (not that was a complete duhhh at it, but) needed some headstart and confidence to make my own thing. So, thats how DIY paneer was born. It has been more than three years now that I have been making home made paneer.

Also, another point to be noted is that my son (oh, yes, I am getting used to putting his excuse for every new venture) relishes the soft wholemilk Paneer all by itself. The store bought ones (I dnt even know what milk they use, cow, goat, 4%, 2%..no clue!) are super tough to begin with. So eating a cube all by itself is not a possibility.

Palak Paneer
  

RasMalai


Mattar Paneer
 Anyways, so Rasgulla, RasMalai, Mutter Paneer, Barbecued Paneer cubes for pizza toppings, a single thin slice in a tomato sandwich...the list goes on.

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