Paneer

[ecoli]

My girlfriend's mother taught me how to make this delicious Indian cheese.

 

Heat milk almost to boiling, add white vinegar, strain in a cheese cloth. Press for couple of hours, chill in water, press the water out cube and fry it (simplified recipe)

 

Two questions: what's the reaction here and would this work with soy or rice milk?

 

Thanks

[gonelli]

I know from when my grandmother would make ricotta cheese that vinegar was added to make the milk curdle

[ecoli]

yeah, but what's the reaction to make milk curdle.

 

I'll probably just google it.

[gonelli]

You've probably already found the answer on google, but I did come across this page when browsing the internet

 

http://www.itisacqui.it/sitob/formagette/curdling.htm

[YT2095]

would this work with soy or rice milk?

 

not sure about Rice milk, but Soy works for sure (Tofu), the catalyst for that is Magnesium chloride IIRC.