Recipe for Home made Malai Paneer
INGREDIENTS:-
Milk 1 litre
Cream 100 ml
Vinegar 2 - 3 tbsp
Ice cold water 1 cup
METHOD:-
In a heavy bottom pan, heat milk and cream on a medium flame. Stir occasionally to avoid burning. Once it starts boiling reduce the heat to very low.
Gradually add vinegar and stir, milk will start curdling.
Once milk is curdled, take it off the stove and immediately add ice cold water.
Leave it for 2 to 3 minutes.
Line the strainer with muslin or cheese cloth.
Strain the curdled milk and squeeze to drain the water.
Take an empty flat bottom plate, place a flat bottom colander upside down.
Place the squeezed curdled milk with the cheese cloth on top of the colander.
Cover the cheese cloth with another flat bottom plate. Put some heavy weight on the top plate.
Leave it for 3 to 4 hours.
Whey will be collected in the bottom plate.
Your soft, silky and smooth malai paneer is waiting in the cheese cloth for you to uncover it….!!!
Njoy…..
Swati says
Hi Mam,
Can I use Malai instead of store bought cream to make Malai paneer?
Thanks,
Swati
Farrukh Aziz says
Yes you can use it. Just whisk the malai very well to make it sooth and lump free before adding it to the milk.
Ishani says
Hi Farrukh
As always lovely recipe. I do make paneer at home using curd or lemon as we don’t like the after taste of vinegar. How to remove that taste.. it tastes even after running through water.
I have never tried adding cream while making paneer, it sure sounds interesting. Which brand of cream you have used ior you would recommend?
Farrukh Aziz says
Hello Ishani,
Thanks for your comment 🙂
For me, lemon leaves an after taste and hence i never use it to make curd. Usual white vinegar has always given me the best results. If you prefer lemon or curd, I guess you would want to continue with it, and the method mentioned here can be rest followed. I believe it differs person to person.
For the cream, I use Amul cream.
Best regards
Farrukh
Manju says
Paneer looks gorgeous
Farrukh Aziz says
Thank you so much 🙂
Regards,
Farrukh
Rajesh Kumar says
This is quick & it looks beautiful too Delicious,love the colour of it..
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Farrukh Aziz says
Regular cream that we get in stores 🙂
Swaruchy says
Lovely Paneer..will give it a try! By cream do you mean heavy whipping cream that is whipped or the regular cream you get in stores in liquid form?
Farrukh Aziz says
Meg ..apologies for delayed reply
Add the ice cold water in pan as soon as the milk curdles completely, not after discarding the hot liquid
Farrukh Aziz says
Yeah shaktimala you can use...but i would recommend vinegar 🙂
Shaktimala says
Can I add lemon juice instead of vinegar?
Sherien's Cookbook says
Lovely recipe..Gonna try today itself....
Memoria James says
I was just talking about easy it is to make paneer to my mom. Your paneer looks so smooth and perfect!
meg says
Lovely looking panner, can't wait to try it out. Just 1 question,should I add ice cold water to the pan in which I boil the milk after discarding the rest of the hot liquid??
Adore Me says
I made it and Alhamdulillah it turned perfect. JazakAllah khair.
Manjari Chowdhury says
Farukh what a brilliant idea. Iam definitely trying this next time I make paneer for a special occasion
Sarah Alexander says
Thanks for the recipe..this is the best paneer i have ever made...my paneer would never come together & would just crumble but with this one i got a perfect cube & could cut out firm pieces of paneer..cant wait to cook them tomorrow!!!
Farrukh Aziz says
Thanks alot Radha ji!!! 🙂
thoushaltcook says
Love the step by step 🙂
one tiny tip, I usually dont throw the whey. We can use it for dals, in baking or water the plants 🙂
Radha Natarajan says
GREAT! I keep my grinder stones for weight and I get a good firm cut, but adding cream is a lovely idea. Thanks for sharing. great blog!