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Recipe for  home-made paneer:

Milk - 0.5 litres

Fresh lime juice - 3 tbsp

The above measures makes about 70-75 g of chana/paneer as described below.

Boil milk. When it starts boiling, add the lime juice. Remove from heat as soon as the milk curdles. Pour the curdled milk into cheese cloth (any fine cotton cloth maybe used as substitute) and collect the liquid in a container. Tie the cloth containing the curdled milk and use a heavy weight to press down on it. Keep for at least 1 hour so that all liquid drains out. Open the cloth and paneer is ready.

Using ready-made paneer blocks:

Cut the paneer into desired size pieces. Add the pieces to warm water and leave for approximately 10 minutes or until the pieces soften. The time for softening depends on the refrigeration state of the paneer. Drain water and keep aside.