Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) A Vegetarian's Delight

Paneer is an Indian cottage cheese very commonly used in Indian vegetarian cuisine. It's an un-aged, non melting cheese that is made by curdling heated milk with lemon juice or a food acid. It is then simply pressed into a cube, then sliced or chopped...to be used in a number of delightful ways, creating some of the most popular Indian Vegetarian dishes as you'll see below. Paneer has often been compared to as Tofu...because of it's texture and consistency and can be substituted with it for any of the below recipes.