Cheese Paneer shopping locations

gesdt50

Hi does anyone know which shops are the best/cheapest to buy Paneer cheese, as it's an Asian cheese does anyone know if the Asian shops do bigger packs cheaper as its mosly small packs that the supermarkets do?

marcia_

gesdt50 said:

Hi does anyone know which shops are the best/cheapest to buy Paneer cheese, as it's an Asian cheese does anyone know if the Asian shops do bigger packs cheaper as its mosly small packs that the supermarkets do?

 I can get big packets in smaller independent Arab and asian shops in Liverpool 

Mnoee

It's easy to make if that's up your alley. Just milk and lemon juice.

https://maunikagowardhan.co.uk/cook-in-a-curry/how-to-make-paneer-homemade-indian-cottage-cheese/

I've only bought it from supermarkets, but have done home made when it was out of stock. The home made version was softer than store bought, but you can press it longer for a firmer result.

DullGreyGuy

Mnoee said:

It's easy to make if that's up your alley. Just milk and lemon juice. 

Given the OP is trying to get it as cheap as possible do you think home made is cheaper? 

I know everywhere says 150g per 1ltr of milk but my experience is that is still fairly wet/soft so more of that is unwanted water -v- the c£6 for 1kg you can readily find in big Indian supermarkets. 

Mnoee

DullGreyGuy said:

Mnoee said:

It's easy to make if that's up your alley. Just milk and lemon juice. 

Given the OP is trying to get it as cheap as possible do you think home made is cheaper? 

I know everywhere says 150g per 1ltr of milk but my experience is that is still fairly wet/soft so more of that is unwanted water -v- the c£6 for 1kg you can readily find in big Indian supermarkets. 

Home made is cheaper for me, as a train then a bus to the nearest Indian supermarket would cost about £15 return!  Just adding options, as I don't know the OP's circumstances. 

gesdt50

Am wondering how they get the fiber into it as almost all cheeses don't have any fiber or below 0.5 yet; Paneer on some packs show as 1.3 grams per 100 and its not showing on most brands as having any, ie ..they don't either show any fiber content even under the fiber listed ingredient or don't show at all?

Murphybear

Mnoee said:

It's easy to make if that's up your alley. Just milk and lemon juice.

https://maunikagowardhan.co.uk/cook-in-a-curry/how-to-make-paneer-homemade-indian-cottage-cheese/

I've only bought it from supermarkets, but have done home made when it was out of stock. The home made version was softer than store bought, but you can press it longer for a firmer result.

That is a lovely website. There are loads of recipes that are not just the bog standard you find in many Indian cookery books.  I think a lot are from home made, not restaurant food.   I’ve never in my life seen a recipe calling for goats trotters.    

DullGreyGuy

gesdt50 said:

Am wondering how they get the fiber into it as almost all cheeses don't have any fiber or below 0.5 yet; Paneer on some packs show as 1.3 grams per 100 and its not showing on most brands as having any, ie ..they don't either show any fiber content even under the fiber listed ingredient or don't show at all?

Most list as 0 or less than 0.5. The only one that can see that says its 1.3g of fibre is Lancashire Farms offering. Given there is only milk, acetic acid and citric acid it sounds like an error 

tujeste

 Asda has it - bought some a couple of weeks back - its about £1.75 or £2.00 for 200g

Rosa_Damascena

DullGreyGuy said:

Mnoee said:

It's easy to make if that's up your alley. Just milk and lemon juice. 

Given the OP is trying to get it as cheap as possible do you think home made is cheaper? 

I know everywhere says 150g per 1ltr of milk but my experience is that is still fairly wet/soft so more of that is unwanted water -v- the c£6 for 1kg you can readily find in big Indian supermarkets. 

It certainly is when the milk is from Olio.