In many of my recipes I have mentioned about khoya or dried milk and paneer/cottage cheese or chhena. Today I am sharing easy method to make both khoya and chhena. I will try to add step by step picture later.
Khoya or dried milk
2 litter milk
Method
1. Boil the milk in a heavy bottom pan.
2. Let the milk cook on low flame. Stir occasionally.
3. Scrape the sides to avoid burning.
4. Milk will be changed into a thick mass. Like this 👇
5. It can take 2 to 2:30 hours.
6. After reducing I have got 1 and 1/2 cup tightly packed khoya/mawa or dried milk from 2 litter milk.
Paneer Or Cottage Cheese
Milk – 1 litre
Lemon juice or vinegar -3 – 4
tablespoon or as require
Method
1. Place a cheesecloth on a strainer.
2. Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan. When it starts to rolling boil remove from heat. Add lemon juice or vinegar.
3. Add 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir and add 1 tablespoon more or as require to curdle the milk completely.
4. When greenish whey and cottage cheese separates immediately pour into the strainer.
5. You can make cottage cheese with curd in same method. First add 1/4 cup curd then add as require. It will depends on the milk. You need 1/4 to 1/2 cup curd to make cottage cheese.
6. Squeeze the cloth well to drain all the water from cottage cheese.
7. Remove the cottage cheese on a large dry cloth. Wrap well and put a heavy weight on it for 2 hours.
8. Now paneer or cottage cheese will be look like this 👇
9. This cottage cheese can be use to make curry, stuffing for paratha, cutlets or make different kinds of sweets.
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Thank you so much 😊
Priyabrataa chhana khoya Bhalo lage?
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Lovely dessert. I love the cute shapes. I mill get the moulds and then try it out. Thanks.
Thank you so much 😊
Sujata you definitely have the patience to make khoya at home. I just buy it from my friend whose mum makes it. Paneer, yes I like to make it at home. Such lovely recipes using both.
Thanks a lot Mayuri. I just thickened the milk on simmer and stir in regular interval to make khoya. Its easy 😊
With the type of full fat milk we get in India it is doable. Here the milk though labelled full fat is never full fat unless I source it directly from a farm.
Sujata I make nether paneer of Khoya at home. I do not think I have the patience. LOved these basic recipes. Hopefully will come start making them at home from now on.
Thanks a bunch Archana. Once you start to make these at home then you never want to buy from stores. Homemade is always best.
Loved this post totally. Such an easy step by step instructions to make khoya and paneer at home. Thanks for sharing suja ji .
Thanks Priya!
Homemade is the best. yet to try to make paneer or khoa at home.. your recipe is inspiring me shortly..
Thanks Kalyani!
making home made paneer has long been on my to do list. Your recipe sounds very doable and cant wait to try it
Thank you so much Mireille!