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Monday, 21 September 2015

How to make Paneer at home

PANEER is an indian cottage cheese prepare from milk. Super easy and simple to make..will be ready within 25-30 mins & you can make your own recipes from that. Do prepare it at home & you will never think of getting frozen one from store.  So here is the step by step recipe of homemade paneer.








Ingredients:

Milk- 1/2 gallon whole milk
1/4 cup vinegar

Method:

Pour the milk into a  saucepan and  Bring it to boil. when the milk starts boiling
Add the vinegar. Remove the milk from heat and stir in the vinegar. 

The milk starts begin to curdle immediately and  separate the curds and whey.
Now strain through a cheese cloth. Gather the cloth with curd, Now show it to the running cold water. Squeeze to remove the excess whey.

Take a large plate. On the top place a strainer. Now transfer the curds (still in the cheesecloth) to the strainer. Keep a heavy object on top of it. I kept a pressure cooker filled with water. Leave it to set for 20-25 min.


Take it out from the bundle and your paneer is ready. Cut it into cubes and use it. 



Tuesday, 6 March 2012

How to make pasta dough



Ingredients:
2 cups wheat flour
2 eggs
1 tblsp olive oil
½ tsp salt

Method:
 Sift the flour onto a flat surface. Crack the eggs & add in the flour. Add oil & salt. Stir the contents of the well with a fork. 




Gradually stir in more & more flour from the edge until u have a creamy paste. Using both hands heap the remaining flour from the outside over the paste in the middle & knead in. Mix 1 tblsp of water if it is difficult to knead. Knead thoroughly with the heels of your hands until a smooth firm dough ball is formed.

Cover the dough in a plastic wrap & let sit for about an hour. Roll out the dough on a flat surface to a uniform thickness. 
Dust with flour. fold together in to a multilayered strip. Slice in to 1/8 inch wide noodles.