1. To make soft
paneer
:
a.
Place a strainer over a bowl large enough to hold the milk. Line
strainer with a muslin cloth large enough to hold the curds and
then be tied by winding one corner around the others and
knotting. Keep aside.
b.
Pour milk into a pan and bring to boil on high heat, stirring
occasionally to prevent skin from forming on top. Reduce heat
to medium. Add lemon juice. Stir till milk curdles (curds separate
from whey). Cook till whey has a yellow tint and has turned
from cloudy to clear (about 2 minutes), stirring and scraping the
sides and base of pan. Remove pan from heat.
c.
Stir curdled milk and pour into muslin-lined strainer over the
bowl (kept aside in step 1.a). Allow to strain till whey is drained
into
bowl.
d.
Gather up corners of muslin and tie a knot above curds to make
a bag. Place bag on a
thali
, plate or board with knot on top and
press gently for a few seconds on knot to level curds. Tilt
thali
slightly to drain and leave 20 minutes. Untie bag and remove
paneer
. Weigh 14 oz/400 g
paneer
to make
tikki.
Gently
crumble
paneer.
2.
Immerse each bread slice in water for 15 seconds. Squeeze out and
discard water. Break bread into tiny pieces.
3.
Mix gently with fingertips
paneer,
bread and all other ingredients
except oil. Make 20 slightly rounded patties about 2 inch/5 cm in
diameter,
1
/
2
inch/1.3 cm thick.
4.
Spread oil on tava all over the area where the patties will be placed
as required:
•
For the 22 cm tava: 1 tsp/5 ml oil
•
For the 24 cm tava: 1 tsp/5 ml oil
•
For the 26 cm tava: 1
1
/
4
tsp/6.3 ml oil
•
For the 28 cm tava: 1
1
/
2
tsp/7.5 ml oil.
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5.
Place tava on medium heat as follows:
•
For the 22 cm tava: 1 minute
•
For the 24 cm tava: 1 minute
•
For the 26 cm tava: 2 minutes
•
For the 28 cm tava: 2 minutes.
Reduce heat to low.
6.
Add the number of patties as required:
•
For the 22 cm tava: 4 patties
•
For the 24 cm tava: 4 patties
•
For the 26 cm tava: 5 patties
•
For the 28 cm tava: 7 patties.
Fry on both sides till golden brown (about 3 minutes on each side).
Remove.
7.
Fry remaining patties in the same way as in
step 4
and
step 6
. Serve
hot, accompanied with chutney or tomato ketchup.
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