Paneer Cheese Kheer Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Combine the milk, yogurt, salt and sugar in a saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally with a whisk. As the milk is just about to boil (it will bubble at the edges), stir in the lemon juice.
• Remove from the heat and pour into a sieve lined with cheesecloth. Lift the cheesecloth by the four corners and tie them together. Hang the cheese in the cloth over the sink to drain. It will take 30 minutes to 1 hour. Once drained, place the cheese, still in the cloth, into a bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.
• If later you want to cut the paneer into firm fingers, use a spoon to press the paneer into the shape of the bowl before refrigerating.

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the paneer cheese. Prepare the dessert masala. Then, in a food processor process the paneer cheese until finely crumbled. (Do not process to much or it will go beyond crumbling and gather into a ball. If using ricotta cheese, do not process.)2. Place the sugar and water in a medium wok or saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the processed paneer cheese (or ricotta cheese), reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until most of the water evaporates, 3 to 5 minutes.3. Add the milk and cook, stirring, over medium-high heat, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the pudding is reduced by about half and is thick and creamy, 30 to 40 minutes.4. Transfer to a serving dish, mix in the cardamom seeds and rose essence, and let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. (Stir a few times to prevent a skin from forming on top.) Refrigerate at least 4 hours to serve chilled. Just before serving, swirl in the dessert masala as a garnish.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.