Homemade paneer - homemade fresh and soft paneer (Indian cottage cheese) for babies, toddlers and kids

INGREDIENTS
Full cream milk - 1 litre
Curd or Lemon juice - ½ cup or 2 tbsp

Preparation:
1) Boil the milk in medium low flame for 5 minutes. Stir it occasionally. When it's about to boil add curd or lemon juice. Stir it gently. The mixture will start to curdle.
2) Continue stirring gently until it completely curdles.
3) Set the colander/strainer in a large bowl. Place a cheese cloth or muslin cloth over it. Pour the curdled mixture to it gently.
4) After transferring the entire curdled mixture, gather the corners of the cloth and tie it up under sink. Let it stand for 1 hour at least or until the water is completely drained off. Squeeze out the cheese cloth occasionally to drain off the water. Once the water is completely drained off , open the cloth.
5) Place it in a flat platform and keep a weight over it (I placed in iron dosa tawa and a pan over it and used a big stone to press it).
6) Wait for 2 to 3 hours to get it set. Then open and remove from cloth carefully. Refrigerate it overnight and cut into cubes in the morning and store.

Notes :
1) Squeeze out and drip out the water gently.
2) The water dripping time depends on the cloth used. Cheese cloth or muslin cloth work faster.
3) The setting time of paneer and dripping time is very important to get soft paneer with right texture. Don’t get urged.
4) U can use either lemon juice or curd. Curd gives more volume to the paneer than lemon.
5) Keep it refrigerated and consume with in a 2-3 days.
6) Color and texture of the paneer may vary with the type of milk used.
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