Cottage cheese from spoiled milk / myLot

India

October 6, 2022 7:30pm CST

We had some extra milk which got curdled while it was being heated. I have put it in a muslin cloth to drain out the water and hope to get cottage cheese (paneer) which I will use in some dishes The paneer that we get in the market can be cut into neat pieces while what I will get will be in a lump form. I would like to know if there is anything else one needs to do to get what we can in stores. Also if this cottage cheese that we make at home is kept for longer periods it turns bitter.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (53679)

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7 Oct 22

I know that it is made from spoiled milk but l have never tried doing it. I am sure there would be details about cottage cheese making on Youtube.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (71666)

• United States

7 Oct 22

Interesting I didn’t know cottage cheese could be anything but the lumpy creamy kind. How cool to make your own!

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (71666)

• United States

7 Oct 22

@allknowing to me that wouldn’t be a problem as long as I didn’t have to serve it to guests or get my kids to eat it.

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

@shaggin It is the best cottage cheese I could say without adding any preservative except that mine I could not cut but you will read a post here how it can be hardened.

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

It tastes good but does not look refined as that which we get in stores.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (13054)

• India

7 Oct 22

I didn't know we could do stuff with spoilt milk!! I'll try this the next time any milk spoils. Thank you.

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

You need to cook it a bit for it to harden before straining it

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86769)

• United States

7 Oct 22

Sounds a good cheese to make.

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

Rather than throwing the stuff better we make use of it.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86769)

• United States

7 Oct 22

@allknowing Indeed why not use it well

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Oct 22

I wonder if the bought cheese has some sort of preservative in it - maybe even just salt?

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

Quite poossible

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (13603)

• India

7 Oct 22

In our home we split milk by adding some vinegar and boiling the milk for some time. We tie the curdled milk in a cloth and place a heavy stone upon it. This makes the paneer tough enough to cut into neat pieces

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

Good idea. I will remember this

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Fleur

@Fleura (29128)

• United Kingdom

7 Oct 22

Thanks for the tip, maybe this is what we are missing!

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Fleur

@Fleura (29128)

• United Kingdom

7 Oct 22

I have tried that too and as you say, when made at home it isn't the same as the shop-bought type. When I have made it it comes out kind of grainy, whereas the cottage cheese from shops is in much bigger lumps and paneer comes in cubes. I don't know what they do to achieve that!

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

@Fleura I will try that the next time

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

7 Oct 22

You can try out what @ Xavier Bage has recommended.